Map of New England, Being the first that ever was here cut, and done by the best Pattern that could be had, which being in some places defective, it made the other less exact: yet doth it sufficiently shew the Scituation of the Country,... A,

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• ARTIST: John Foster

• MEDIUM: Lithograph

  DATE: 1677, 1826.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 11 5/8 x 14 7/8" (296 x 384 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: This is a lithograph facsimile of John Foster's highly important woodcut map originally issued in 1677 to illustrate the London edition of William Hubbard’s Present State of New England. The map is a crude depiction of New England, designed primarily to depict the depredations of the Indians on the English settlements during King Philip’s War. Unlike most facsimiles, the present piece is important in its own right as a very early instance of lithography in American mapmaking and probably the first map issued by the firm of Pendleton’s in Boston. Pendleton’s was established by John and William Pendleton in 1825 and became the first successful lithographic printer in the United States.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition. Some paper infill along right edge, not affecting the image. Backed on rice paper.

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• CATEGORIES: Maps