Map or Atlas
A Map of the Province of Pensilvania
| Map of Pennsylvania, showing cities, towns, roads, trading paths, portages, forts, mountains, swamps, waterfalls, lakes, and rivers. The map further includes a detailed account of Native American tribes, land, and villages. Four names are listed for the Ohio River, including the Shawnee name "Palawa Thepiki." A decorative scene of trees and ships at anchor by a port town frames the title cartouche in the lower right corner. Faint offsetting from a page of The London Magazine is on the left half of the map. |
| Image ID: | 124648 |
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| Creation Date: | 1756 |
| Creator Name: | Kitchin, Thomas |
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| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Collection Name: | Map Collection |
| Genre: | Map or Atlas |
| Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
| Original Format Number: | H GX854 1756 K |
| Original Dimensions: | 16 x 21 cm, on sheet 48 x 56 cm |
| From: The London Magazine, Dec. 1756, vol. 25. The first map of the full Province of Pennsylvania by itself. |
| Ships |
| Lakes |
| Rivers |
| Waterfalls |
| Engraving |
| Trees |
| Cities and towns |
| Delaware Indians |
| Mohawk Indians |
| Northeastern States |
| Seneca Indians |
| Shawnee Indians |
| Marshes |
| Mountains |
| Military bases |
| Roads |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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