<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>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, divided into counties and townships : the whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations</dc:title><dc:creator>Jefferys, Thomas, -1771, cartographer</dc:creator><dc:date>[1755 or 1759?]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>BEIN Roll Map 194: Imperfect: somewhat brittle, chipped, torn in places, with minimal loss of map image. Joined sheets measure 100 x 109 cm. Mounted on linen. In manuscript on verso: Jefferys's Map of New England 1755.</dc:description><dc:description>BEIN 2003 Folio 85: Imperfect: 2 sheets wanting (northwest and southwest). No. 18 of 45 maps bound together with binder's spine title: Atlas of America; ms. table of contents. Bookplate: Robinson. Bookplate of Paul Mellon.</dc:description><dc:description>First edition, second issue according to Stevens &amp; Tree. Spelled "Conecticut" in title (although Stevens gives spelling as "Connecticut"); "Fort Frederik" inset; and Newport and Providence counties marked in Rhode Island. Reissued circa 1759 according to McCorkle, who identifies Braddock Mead, alias John Green, as the cartographer.</dc:description><dc:description>Relief shown pictorially.</dc:description><dc:description>Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Coordinates converted by cataloger to express longitude as measured from the Greenwich meridian.</dc:description><dc:description>Scale estimated from horizontal bar scale given in English miles.</dc:description><dc:description>"November 29, 1755 published according to Act by Thos. Jeffreys Geographer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales near Charing Cross."</dc:description><dc:description>Includes compilation data and insets of "Fort Frederik," scale approximately 1:1,680 and "A Plan of Boston Harbor from an Accurate Survey," scale approximately 1:150,000.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>