Research Guides: HIST 113: Introduction to Public History (HC) Spring 2017: Maps

Early Maps of Philadelphia

A portraiture of the city of Philadelphia in the province of Pennsylvania in America
A 1683 map of Philadelphia.
A map of the improved part of the Province of Pennsilvania in America
1705. "Begun by Wil. Penn, Proprietary & Governour thereof anno 1681." Shows the three original counties of Pennsylvania: Chester, Philadelphia and Bucks. It is oriented with the Delaware River along the bottom of the map and extends from New Castle in what is now the state of Delaware in the lower left to the great bend in the Delaware River by present-day Trenton, New Jersey, in the lower right. William Penn is believed to have requested the map from his surveyor general as early as 1684.
An explanation of the map of the city and liberties of Philadelphia
1774.
Pennsylvania in 1687
"A mapp of ye improved part of Pensilvania in America, divided into countyes, townships, and lotts." Shows rural landholders' names and lots in Philadelphia, Chester, and Bucks Counties. Several landholders were members of the Society of Friends.