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One of the least known maps of colonial Virginia is John Henry's A New and Accurate Map of Virginia Wherein most of the Counties are laid down from Actual Surveys. With A Concise Account of the Number of Inhabitants, the Trade, Soil, and Produce of that Province. By John Henry.
John Henry, father of Patrick Henry, had three purposes in preparing his map: to enlighten the public at home and abroad about the potentialities of the colony, to serve the interests of speculators in western lands (of whom Henry was one), and to make money from the sale of the maps.
Although this map claims to be "laid down from actual surveys," most of it is derivative from earlier maps. Henry was a competent surveyor, but he was obviously unable to make a new survey of so vast a territory. Apparently he surveyed county boundaries and, for the first time, produced a map of Virginia with the counties marked off. That was the selling point that he hoped would make his fortune. Even with this addition, however, there was no rush to buy the new map.
Louis B. Wright
1977, 10" x 13.5", Hardcover, Introduction 8 pp., 4 maps
ISBN: 9780813907567
111-W0756
