An Exact Mapp of New England and New York (1702)
Title
An Exact Mapp of New England and New York (1702)
Subject
Map of New England
Description
Recognized as the first 18th century map of New England, this map was used to illustrate Cotton Mather's famous history of the Bay Colony, "Magnalia Christi Americana: or the Ecclesiastical History of New England from Its First Planting". The map provided little new geographic information, since it was based on an earlier printed map -- Thornton, Morden, and Lea's 1685 map of New England. Mather's history of the settlement of New England is one of the most interesting and valuable sources for the study of life in early colonial New England. It is generally considered to be America's most famous 18th-century book. (From Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, BPL)
Creator
Cotton Mather
Source
https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:3f462t13m
Date
1702 (based on 1685 map)
Rights
Public
Language
English
Identifier
New England
Coverage
New England, seventeenth century, eighteenth century
Files
Collection
Reference
Cotton Mather, An Exact Mapp of New England and New York (1702), Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library, 1702 (based on 1685 map)
Cite As
Cotton Mather, “An Exact Mapp of New England and New York (1702),” Mapping History, accessed May 6, 2024, http://maps.omeka.bucknell.edu/items/show/5.