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Image: The Province of New Jersey, Divided into East and West, commonly called The Jerseys. LOC 74692203 (cropped)

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Description: Scale ca. 1:420,000. Hand colored. LC copy 2 imperfect: Deteriorated in margins. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Relief shown by hachures. Shows county boundaries and "Division line run in 1743 between East New Jersey and West New Jersey." "This map has been drawn from the survey made in 1769 ... by Bernard Ratzer ... and from another large survey of the northern parts ... by Gerard Banker." Appears in William Faden's The North American atlas. 1777. Includes table of "Astronomical observations." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1238 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes table of "Astronomical observations." Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 651/2; 700/2
Title: The Province of New Jersey, Divided into East and West, commonly called The Jerseys. LOC 74692203 (cropped)
Credit: https://www.loc.gov/item/74692203/
Author: Faden, William; Ratzer, Bernard; Bancker, Gerard
Permission: This map is available from the United States Library of Congress's Geography & Map Division under the digital ID g3810.ct000079. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
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License: Public domain
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