[Map of the Wilderness Road]

[Map of the Wilderness Road]

Item Information

Title:
[Map of the Wilderness Road]
Description:
Shows the Wilderness Road from the River Roanoke to the junction of the Holston River with the Tennessee River.
Cartographer:
Bullitt, Thomas
Former owner:
Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797
Former owner:
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
Name on Item:
T. Bullitt Capt. Of ye Provincial Reg.t of Virg.a.
Date:
[1761–1773]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Cherokee Indians--Wilderness Road--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Wilderness Road--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Wilderness Road (route)
Extent:
1 map on 3 sheets : joined, laid on linen, manuscript pen and ink with watercolour over pencil ; 160 x 76 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/hx11z284w
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Publisher:
[Place of production not identified] : T. Bullitt Capt. Of ye Provincial Reg.t of Virg.a.,
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:316,800
Language:
English
Referenced by:
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-001999749
Notes:
Date range from dates given on map and from previous British Libray cataloguing
Relief is shown pictorially
Oriented with north to the lower right of the map, indicated by a decorative compass rose
Shows scale bar in miles at lower right
Shows forts and posts
Shows overland routes and encampments - "Col. Waddles Incamp.t Year 1761. Nov. 13.th.".
Copy at Add Ms 27,716.4. Red stamp of R.U.S.I. at lower right. Comprises 3 sheets, joined, and laid on linen. Green circular label to verso showing "13". White label to verso showing "DRAWER 30 SECTION 2". Blue label to verso showing "A 30/88". Stamped in black ink "ADD. MS. 57,716(4)". Manuscript additions to verso in pencil show "846B" and repeat pressmark.
Notes (date):
9999
This date is inferred.