Bidspirit auction | Vaugondy after Fry & Jefferson

Vaugondy after Fry & Jefferson - Map of Virginia & Maryland - This historic map from Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson is entitled 'Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland' published by Didier Robert de Vaugondy in Paris in 1755. The engraving was done by Haussard. This was the French edition of the Fry-Jefferson map of Virginia which was one of the most important maps of Virginia from the 18th century. Their map was the first to depict the general locations of the Appalachian and Allegheny mountains. The map was commissioned due to an urgent need for an updated map of the colony. ”To resolve the crisis, the Board of Trade and Plantations in London instructed acting governor Lewis Burwell to appoint 'the most proper and best qualified' surveyors to compile the needed map. Burwell, turned to Albermarle County surveyor, Joshua Fry, and deputy surveyor, Peter Jefferson, to create the new map. Fry and Jefferson were ideal choices ... [as they had already accumulated a great deal of first-hand knowledge about the area to be mapped.] They finished their manuscript in the summer of 1751.” (Stephenson & McKee p.83) This map of Virginia became ”the preeminent map of Virginia for the remainder of the eighteenth century.” (op. cit. p.83) Paper Size: ~ 20 1/8” by 26 1/2” (Fold Out)