Note: all dimensions are width x height.

The derivation of maps from the Douglass map is rather complex. The first portion of this document describes the various derivatives, the following hierarchical table demonstrates how the maps interelate. Numerals identify a set of plates, letters the various changes made to, and later impressions pulled from, those plates. For example, map 2 derived from map 1; map 3 from map 2a; map 4 from map 2b, etc.

1. Douglass, Plan of the British Dominions of New England ([London, 1753]), source for,

8. d'Anville-Jefferys, North America (London, 1755)
9. Evans, Map of Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York (Philadelphia, 1749)
10a. Evans, General Map of the Middle British Colonies, in America (Philadelphia, 1755)
10b. Evans-Pownall, Map of the Middle British Colonies in North America (London, 1776)
11. Fry-Jefferson-Jefferys, Map of the Inhabited Part of Virginia (London, [1754])
12. Jefferys-Green, Chart of North and South America (London, 1753)
13. Jefferys-Green, New Map of Nova Scotia and Cape Britain (London, 1755)
14. Jefferys-Green?, Map of Canada (London, [1760])
15. Huske, New and Accurate Map of North America (London, 1755)
16. [Mather], Exact Mapp of New England (London, 1702)
17. Mosely, New and Correct Map of North Carolina (London, 1733)
18. Neal, New Map of New England (1720)
19. Popple, Map of the British Empire in America (London, 1733)

Published by the | Executors of Dr. William Douglas of Boston in | New England, from his Original Draught. || Engraved by R. W. Seale.

The imprint, damaged on the Harvard copy, is taken from the Library of Congress copy (via a photographic copy also held by Harvard Map Collection). That Seale engraved the map indicates that the map was engraved in London. The date is uncertain, but commentators agree that 1753 is the probable date, sometime after Douglass's death in October 1752. Most commentators simply give the date; Sellers & Van Ee give "1753?"; I follow McCorkle with "[1753]."

November 29th. 1755 Published according to Act by Thos Jefferys Geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales near Charing Cross

A statement against the right-hand margin of sheet 2 explains the map's sources in two sections. The first states the "Observations on which this Map is grounded": Boston, 4225' north, 7100' west of London or 5325' west of Ferro, as observed by Brattle; New York, 4045' north, 7404' west of London or 5629' west of Ferro, as observed by Burnet. The second lists the detailed surveys:

Konektikut [sic] is taken chiefly from the Survey of Gardner | and Kellock, made in 1737. | The Massachusets [sic] and Rhode Island divisions, from par- | ticular Surveys, Plans and Charts. | New Hampshire from the Surveys of Mitchell and Haz- | zen in 1750, especially this last. | The Coast from Cape Elizabeth Eastward and the River | Kennebek from the Survey made by order of Governor | Shirley in 1754. | Long Island, New York Harbor, and Course of Hudson's | River, to Lydius or Nicholsons Fort, are laid down from very | large and particular Surveys with that of Hazzen and others. | Wood Creek with St. Sacrament and part of Champlain | Lake, from a French Survey. | The Lands granted by Massachusets [sic] Bay Province to the Province of New Hampshire are distinguished by Purple.

Two insets show, at top-left corner, "[Fort Frederik | a French Incroachment]" at Crown Point on Lake Champlain, at ca.1:1,580 (from scale bar in feet), and, at the bottom center, just to the left of the title cartouche, "A Plan of | Boston Harbor | from an Accurate Survey," at ca.1:146,000.

The ornate title cartouche is examined separately.

This is probably the map listed in Jefferys's catalog of ca.1763 (reproduced by Harley 1966, 34, and Ristow 1974, viii), which identified Green as the author but did not mention either Douglass or the townships laid out after 1762 in present-day Vermont (compare with 2d, below):

A Map of the most inhabited Part of New England, containing the Provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the Colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island. The whole composed from actual Surveys, and the Situations adjusted by Astronomical Observations by J. Green, Esq; in Four Sheets. Price 10s 6d.

Stevens & Tree originally dated this issue to ca.1763, perhaps because of the entry in Jefferys's catalog of ca.1763 (see Harley 1966, 34; Ristow 1974, viii). Streeter however notes that some of the Wentworth townships were granted only in 1764. But the decline in demand for maps of North America after 1763 means that these changes were probably not made as early as 1764. Indeed, this issue is closely related to Jefferys's General Topography (Jefferys 1768a), published by the partnership of "Sayer and Jefferys," formed in January 1767 after Jefferys's bankruptcy. Although this atlas usually included the next issue of this map -- with the single difference of one more textual inscription -- Sellers & Van Ee record that the Library of Congress copy of this issue is actually found in the General Topography. Moreover, the description of the map in the General Topography (2d, below) strongly suggests that the representation of the Wentworth townships was new to the atlas. That is, the plates were updated to make this issue in 1767-68, and were further modified early in the printing of the General Topography.

This issue is usually found in Jefferys's General Topography (Jefferys 1768a), thus the date attribution. A description of the map in the prefatory "List of Maps" is relevant:

21. A Map of the most inhabited . . . Rhode Island; the whole composed from Dr. Douglas's Map, and other particular Surveys, and the Situations adjusted by astronomical Observations by J. Green, Esq.; with the Additions of the new Townships granted by the Government of New Hampshire, in the Province of New York, since the Peace of 1762. In four sheets. Price 10s 6d.

Printed for R. Baldwin in Pater Noster Row 1758

Thompson argued that this map is drawn from the same source as the Jefferys-Green map; Benes suggests that it was derived from either the Douglass (1 above) or Jefferys-Green (2a, above) maps. It certainly did not come from Douglass. Given the 'knock-off' nature of the map, it is most likely derived from Jefferys-Green rather than the now lost survey by Gardner and Kelloch (or Kellogg: see Thompson). Scale is 1:1,013,760 (from Thompson). Kitchin had also used the Jefferys-Green inset of Fort Frederik for his map of New York (2a, above) in the London Magazine (London, 1756): Sellers & Van Ee (1951, no.1038); Jolly (1990, LOND-109); Klein, (1989, L56.10).

London Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill & Carington Bowles in St. Paul's Churchyard

Lotter, Sculpsit. 1776

[in cartouche] Paris | After The Original | by M Le Rouge | Austin Street | 1777

[in ocean] La Nouvelle Angleterre | en 4 Feuilles. | A Paris | Chez Le Rouge rue des Grands Augustins. | 1777.

May [space] 1755 Published according to Act by Thos. Jefferys Geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales near Charing Cross

Published by Lewis Evans | March 25 1749 according to | Act of Parliament.

L. Hebert Sculpt.

Engraved by Jas. Turner in Philadelphia

[dedication at upper-left] To the Honourable Thomas Pownall Esqr. | Permit me, Sir, to pay You this Tribute of Gratitude, | for the great Assistance You have given me in this Map; and to | assure the Public, that it has past the Examination of a Gentleman, | whom I esteem the best Judge of it in America: | Your most obedient | and most humble Servant, | [L. E]vans.

[lower-right corner] Published according to Act of Parliament, by Lewis Evans, June 23, 1755. And | sold by R. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, London, & by the Author in Philadelphia.

Longitude is from London (lower margin) and Philadelphia (upper margin). In this respect there is an annotation just off the coast of Long Island: "The perfect Agreement of Mr. Robie's Observation of the Longitude of Boston with that of Philadelphia made by Mr. Thos. Godfrey and myself, determined me to give America this Position with regard to London."

Klinefelter, 59-61, transcribes a letter from Evans to Dodsley, 25 Jan 1756, which makes it clear that Evans printed the map in Philadelphia and shipped them to Dodsley in London.

Evans's coverage of New England on the original plate has been extended. There are now extensive annotations re Iroquois settlements along lakes Champlain and George; mountain chains now cover Vermont and New Hampshire, with many more places added east of the Connecticut River; Massachusetts filled in; Rhode Island still rather blank. The extension sheet covers the eastern end of Massachusetts (Boston was just outside the original margin), coastal New Hampshire, and Maine as far as Passamaquoddy Bay. No township lines are given but separate listings of townships are given for each colony, or county. Five lakes in Maine are drawn explicitly from the 1754 map "dedicated to Governor Shirley"; the coast of Maine "is copied from Governor Bernards Surveys, incl. Mo. Desert Id. &c."

To the Right Honourable, George Dunk Earl of Halifax First Lord Commissioner, | and to the Rest of the Right Honourable and Honourable Commissioners, for Trade and Plantations. | This Map is most humbly Inscribed to their Lordships, | By their Lordship's | Most Obedient & most devoted humble Servt. Thos. Jefferys.

Engrav'd and Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by Thos. Jefferys Geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at the Corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross, London.

The attribution of the probably date of 1754 comes from the fact that the second state -- with the title change to "A Map of | the Most Inhabited Part . . ." and with a table of roads by J. Dalrymple -- was advertised in January 1755. Verner explains subsequent states and French copies. He is likely incorrect in his attribution of the fourth state, with the imprint change to "Printed for Robt. Sayer at No.53 in Fleet Street, & Thos. Jefferys at the Corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross, London"; Verner suggests the change was made because of the accession of George III in 1760, and gives a date of "1761?" but given Sayer's involvement, this should perhaps more properly be 1768, when the map reappeared in the General Topography (Jefferys 1768a).

Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Feb. 19, 1753 by T. Jefferys . . .

May 1755 Published according to Act of Parliament by Thos. Jefferys the Corner of St. Martins Lane Charing Cross.

Tho. Kitchin Sculpt.

Published for the Present State of North America &c And sold by R. & I. Dodsley in Pall-Mall 1755.

Three text blocks in the Atlantic Ocean describe the various territories and disputes. Scale is ca.1:7,250,000 (scales in statute miles and French nautical leagues). In the upper-left corner is an inset: "A Map of | Hudsons Bay &c." (no scale specified).

To | his Excely. Gabriel Johnston Esq. | Captain General & Governour in Chief | in and over His Majesty's Province of | North Carolina in America | This Map of the said Province is most | humbly Dedicated and Presented by your | Excellency's most obedient, Humble Servant, | Edward Moseley.

J. Cowley, Sculp.

Sold at the Three Crowns on Fan-Church Street, over against Mincing Lane

This map shows the basic configuration of the region, at a scale of ca.1:3,100,000 (scale in nautical miles), from the Hudson River eastward to the Bay of Fundy and the River St. Croix. Longitude is shown from London. Colonial boundaries are shown. Overall, it is pretty crude, with many design elements very similar to the Jansson-Visscher Novi Belgii series (trees around lakes and along rivers), although Lake Champlain is properly placed with respect to the Connecticut River. The influence of indigenous source materials is clear (e.g., Lake Winnipesaukee is crude; the Merrimac River runs far north to join with the upper Kennebec River). Also, Martha's Vinyard is labeled "Martin's Vinyard" as in the London edition of the Foster woodcut (in Hubbard 1677). Two insets show "The Harbour of | Boston" (ca.1:420,000; scale in statute miles) and "Part of the Northern Hemisphære" (ca.1:30,000,000; scale in nautical miles).

W. H. Toms Sculp.

[title cartouche on sheet 17] A Map | of the British Empire in | America | with the French and Spanish | Settlements adjacent thereto. | by Henry Popple.

[re title cartouche] C. Lempriere inv. & del. B. Baron sculp.

[lower margin of sheet 17] Sold by S. Harding on the Pavement in St. Martins Lane, and by W. H. Toms Engraver in Union Court near Hatton Garden Holborn. Price in Sheets £1 11s 6d Bound £1 16s 6d On Rollers & Colour'd £2 12s 6d.

[cartouche at right of sheet 15] "To the Queen's most Excellent Majesty This Map is most humbly Inscribed by Your Majesty's most Dutiful, most Obedient and most Humble Servant Henry Popple.

[sheet 20] Mr. Popple undertook this Map with the Approbation of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations; and great Care has been taken by comparing all the Maps, Charts, and Observations that could be found, especially the Authentick Records & Actual Surveys transmitted to their Lordships by the Governors of the British Plantations, and Others, to correct the many Errors committed in former Maps, and the Original Drawing of This having been shewn to the Learned Dr. Edmund Halley, Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford, and F.R.S. he was pleased to give his Opinion of it in the Words following;

I have seen the abovementioned Map, which as far as I am Judge, seems to have been laid down with great Accuracy, and to shew the Position of the different Provinces & Islands in that Part of the Globe more truly than any yet extant. Edmund Halley.

[lower margin of sheet 20] London Engrav'd by Willm. Henry Toms 1733.

Shows eastern North America, the Caribbean and the Spanish Main, 5 to 55 north, 47 to 107 west of London. The level of detail is rather low; much of the interior is filled with icons of mountains and woodlands that are so much filler. Cumming gives the scale as 1:2,534,400, presumably from measurement as there are no scale bars.