Artist/Maker

Scoles, John __Engraver ||Payne, John __author ||Low, John __Publisher

Place Made

Date Made

1800

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

HOA: 8″; WOA: 9 1/2″ (sight)

Accession Number

3306

Description

John Payne’s A New and Complete System of Universal Geography… published in London and New York was the first publication to include a full set of maps depicting the constituent states of the new United States.

DESCRIPTION: Map showing Kentucky and surrounding territores, items labeled include: counties, rivers, mountain ranges, and towns. Some discoloration to the map.

History

Published in 1800 in the New York edition of John Payne’s A New and Complete System of Universal Geography…

Credit Line

Gift of Frank L. Horton