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Alternate title: Map of the Roanoke & the dividing line between Virginia & Carolina; Map of the Virginia-North Carolina border,
showing the creeks and rivers that cross and recross the boundary; Map is divided into 2 sections; the top part extends from
the Dan River in the west to Currituck Inlet on the Atlantic, with dotted line "A" indicating the boundary between "Virginiae
pars" and "Carolinae pars" The date March 6 1727-8 is printed at the eastern edge of the map and April 2, 1728 printed just
east of the Meherrin River; The lower part of the map, with dotted line "B" indicating the boundary, is an enlargement of
the section from Sommerton Creek east to Dismal Swamp, Notts Island and on to the ocean. A linear scale is shown in this bottom
portion, but corresponding unit of measurement is not given; An Indian holding a flowered branch, possums, two birds, a "six
foot long" snake, a flying fish, and a squirrel on a tree trunk are pictured in the bottom section of the map; One of 50 copies
printed from an original copperplate uncovered at Oxford amongst a collection of plates given to them in 1755 by Richard Rawlinson.
The plate has Roman numeral II (two) in upper right corner. Cartographer's name and details of previous publication are unknown;
Copperplate no. 29; Probably in unpublished work on Americas with plan of Paramaribo & print of flowers, leaves, insects;
No. 15 of 50 copies, with Bodleian authenticating seal, on Velin Arches cream; Publication: Oxford, England : Bodleian Library,
1986
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