A Map of the Western Parts of the Province of Pennsylvania, Virginia, &c 1753

Old map of Indiana, Ohio, Ohio River Valley, United States.

Created by John Patten in 1753.

• Scale ca. 1:1,270,000.
• Manuscript, pen-and-ink, pencil and watercolor.
• Has watermark.
• This map has some imperfections: eastern portion and southwest corner wanting. We'll do our best to restore the image before printing.
• Relief shown pictorially.
• "To the Honourable House of Representatives of the Province of Pennsylvania this map is most humbly inscribed by their most obedient and humble servant."
• Shows area from the Wabash River on the west to the Scioto River on the east, and from Lake Huron on the north to the Green River in Kentucky on the south.
• While one is not an exact copy of the other, there is great similarity to the "Traders map" ascribed to John Patten in Howard N. Eavenson's Map makers & Indian traders, 1949.
• On verso: No. 52. Map of the western parts of the province of Pennsylvania & Virginia &c. A sketch ...

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1753

Early Works To 1800

Indiana

John Patten

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Ohio

Ohio River Valley

United States