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Description

Rare miniature map the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay regions, idemtifying approximately 25 counties in a separate key. The map is listed by Dunlap in his checklist of Delaware maps and the Library of Congress. The map appears in The present state of His Majesties isles and territories in America ... by Richard Blome, London 1687. A version of this map was also in Morden's 1688 Geography Rectified, with text below the map. Only 2 appearances in dealer catalogues over the past 25 years are recorded. A very nice example, with good margins (often lacking) and old color.

Robert Morden Biography

Robert Morden (d. 1703) was a British map and globe maker. Little is known about his early life, although he was most likely apprenticed to Joseph Moxon. By 1671, Morden was working from the sign of the Atlas on Cornhill, the same address out of which Moxon had previously worked. Most famous for his English county maps, his geography texts, and his wall maps, Morden entered into many partnerships during his career, usually to finance larger publishing projects.