This is a drawing of an antique map illustrating a part of Pennsylvania in early America. The map shows a region divided into counties, townships, and lots, with a layout of the city of Philadelphia in an inset at the top. This historical map features ornate scrollwork, detailed townships, rivers, and coastlines of Pennsylvania and parts of West New Jersey. Labels and annotations throughout the map specify various estates and landowners in a parcel-based colonial layout. The map includes additional tables and a legend detailing settlement names and their corresponding areas. Decorative elements such as a compass rose and a heraldic crest add an elegant touch typical of cartographic works from the period.
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This is a drawing of an antique map illustrating a part of Pennsylvania in early America. The map shows a region divided into counties, townships, and lots, with a layout of the city of Philadelphia in an inset at the top. This historical map features ornate scrollwork, detailed townships, rivers, and coastlines of Pennsylvania and parts of West New Jersey. Labels and annotations throughout the map specify various estates and landowners in a parcel-based colonial layout. The map includes additional tables and a legend detailing settlement names and their corresponding areas. Decorative elements such as a compass rose and a heraldic crest add an elegant touch typical of cartographic works from the period.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A mapp of ye improved part of Pensilvania in America, divided into countyes, townships and lotts

Thomas Holme

Date
c. 1687
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 52.4 × 65 cm (20 5/8 × 25 9/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.5765
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • fish
  • animal
  • Fruit
  • River
  • City
  • Writing

NGA object ID 8690. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.