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| Keywords: 1752 ( 1850 ) Scull ^ Heap Map of Philadelphia ^ Environs (first view of Phillidelphia State House) - Geographicus - Philadelphia-sculllobach-1850.jpg This rare map is an 1850 reprint of an important 1752 map originally issued by N Scull and G Heap George Heap a surveyor and city coroner of Philadelphia and Nicolas Scull Surveyor General of the Province of Pennsylvania prepared the original map to illustrate the roads canals and important landowers of Philadelphia and its vicinity This map also features the first known sketch of the Philadelphia State House which in 1752 when this map was assembled was as yet incomplete We can surmise therefore that the sketch of the State House that appears here was in fact drawn from blueprints to which as city officials both Scull and Heap would have had access The original map was reprinted several times in the upcoming century It appeared in Gentleman ™s Magazine in 1753 and in this reprint issued by David Lobach in 1850 1752 Size in 20 12 object history credit line accession number Philadelphia-sculllobach-1850 Geographicus-source PD-Art-100 Old maps of Philadelphia 1752 maps Independence Hall Philadelphia Maps in English | ||||
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