(Map Collection #MC0017)
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Descriptive Summary
| Title: | Moseley Map |
| Repository: | J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | "A New and Correct Map of the Province of North Carolina by Edward Moseley, late surveyor general of the said province 1733," showing settlements, inhabitants, soil conditions, rivers, and principal products, with insets showing "Port Brunswick or Cape Fear Harbour," "Port Beaufort or Topsail Inlet," "Ocacock (Ocracoke) Inlet," "Explanation," and "Directions for Ocacock (Ocracoke) Inlet". Imperial folio sheets, pasted on linen backing (probably in 18th century) with some insect damage and repairs, and some loss of information. Framed dimensions: 50-1/4" x 62-1/2". Scale: 1" = 5 miles. Matted and framed. (On Display in Search Room) |
Administrative Information
Accessions Information
November 10, 1982, 1 container, 1 item; "A New and Correct Map of the Province of North Carolina by Edward Moseley, late surveyor general of
the said province 1733," showing settlements, inhabitants, soil conditions, rivers, and principal products, with insets showing
"Port Brunswick or Cape Fear Harbour," "Port Beaufort or Topsail Inlet," "Ocacock (Ocracoke) Inlet," "Explanation," and "Directions
for Ocacock (Ocracoke) Inlet" . Imperial folio sheets, pasted on linen backing (probably in 18th century) with some insect
damage and repairs, and some loss of information. Framed dimensions: 50-1/4" x 62-1/2". Scale: 1" = 5 miles. Donor: Mrs. John
W. (Dorothy) Graham.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions
Copyright Notice
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Preferred Citation
Moseley Map (#MC0017), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina,
USA.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. John W. (Dorothy) Graham
Processing Information
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Description
The first map of NC to be based mainly on actual exploration or surveys, rather than reports. Gift of Mrs. Graham, dated 10/11/1982.
Once owned by Mr. Hugh Williamson Collins of Edenton (1863). ECU's copy of the map is the only known original print of this
historic map currently extant in the United States. The Public Record Office and the Eton College Library, in England, have
copies but they are in poor condition. A reproduction of the map, made from a copy in the NC State Archives, may be found
in Inglis Fletcher Papers #21.m.40 (in 8 sections). Reduced reproductions of the map may be purchased through the Joyner Library
Development Office. For more information, see: Cumming, William P., The Southeast in Early Maps (Princeton, 1958) and North Carolina in Maps (Raleigh, 1966),
Container List
| Item | Moseley Map |