Map or Atlas
A General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America: Viz. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut and Rhode-Island: Of Aquanishuonigy the Country of the Confederate Indians Comprehending Aquanishuonigy Proper
| This detailed map of north eastern America shows the boundaries, cities, mountains, rivers, lakes, Native American land and towns, and roads from east of the Mississippi River and north of North Carolina. It includes an inset map "A Sketch of the remaining Part of Ohio R. &c." and three distance charts. Text throughout the map describe Native American claims, both what they have given to the British and what they maintain, historical and contemporary events, and the state of the rivers, soil, and mountains. Much of this text serves to emphasis Gibson's assessment that the Ohio lands are of great importance and worth defending from French encroachment. Native American lands and settlements, especially the Iroquois Confederacy, are given significant prominence, and Gibson takes great pains to indicate whether the specified tribes side with the French or the English. |
| Image ID: | 123468 |
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| Creation Date: | 1758 |
| Creator Name: | Gibson, John |
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| Collection Name: | Map Collection |
| Genre: | Map or Atlas |
| Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
| Original Format Number: | D GX85 1758 E |
| Original Dimensions: | 49 x 67 cm, encapsulated |
| "Carefully Copied from the Original Published at Philadelphia, by Mr. Lewis Evans 1755, with some Improvements by J. Gibson." |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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