Lotter, Tobias Conrad: Pennsylvania Nova Jersey et Nova York cum Regionibus ad Fluvium Delaware in America sitis 1740

English
East Coast / Pennsylvania
Tobias Conrad Lotter
from 1740
copperplate engraving
Coloured
49,3 x 57,2 cm
ORIGINAL

This maps shows the states of New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Hamshire in color.The neighboring states are outlined. The top left has a very detailed title cartouche with a European in contemporary clothing centered with workers. Native wildlife fills the bordering area. The continental states are separated from the interior by a large mountain range. Comments in German are listed in between the ranges and towards the edge of the map. Historically, Eastern Pennsylvania had the largest concentration of German speaker in the United States. The bottom right has a key of buildings and notable locations and a comparative mile scale. Tobias Conrad Lotter (1717-1777) was an engraver and publisher based in Augsburg who married the daughter of Georg Seutter. He inherited part of Seutter's company and set up an independent firm in 1758.

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmaker, Early World Press, 2004, p158

Deutsch
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika / Ostküste / Pennsylvania
Tobias Conrad Lotter
ab 1740
Kupferstich
Altkoloriert
49,3 x 57,2 cm
ORIGINALKARTE

Mit großer Titel-Schmuckkartusche links oben und Zeichenerklärung und Maßstäben unten rechts