File:1827 Finley Map of Eastern Pennsylvania - Geographicus - Pennsylvania-finley-1827.jpg

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English: Eastern Pennsylvania, derived from the 1827 maps on the commons by Finley this one cut down to show Central Pennsylvania to Eastern Pennsylvania. (This version is produced as a blank)
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Author Anthony Finley, edited by User: Fabartus
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  1. Marked up with terminuses of the Lehigh Canal and Delaware Canals and the Lehigh-Susquehanna Turnpike & Susquehanna-Tioga Turnpike connecting Philadelphia to Lake Erie. File:1827 Finley Map of Eastern Pennsylvania, en-antd Lehigh-Susquehanna & Susquehanna-Tioga Turnpike.jpg (Image appears below)
  2. Marked up with emphasis added for Wagon Roads in this map series: File:1827 Finley Map of Eastern Pennsylvania - Wagon Roads and Turnpikes.png

Anthony Finley: Pennsylvania.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anthony Finley  (1790–1840)  wikidata:Q18507773
 
Description American cartographer
Date of birth/death 1790 Edit this at Wikidata 1840 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q18507773
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Pennsylvania.
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English: A beautiful example of Finley's important 1827 map of Pennsylvania. Depicts the state with moderate detail in Finley's classic minimalist style. Shows river ways, roads, canals, and some topographical features. Offers color coding at the county level. Title at top center. Scale at bottom center.
* 'Gaps in the Allegheny' term used in A History of Pennsylvania dated ca. 1893
Date 1827 (undated)
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Eastern Pennsylvania counties detail
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Finley, Anthony, A New General Altas, Comprising a Complete Set of Maps, representing the Grand Divisions of the Globe, Together with the several Empires, Kingdoms and States in the World; Compiled from the Best Authorities, and corrected by the Most Recent Discoveries, Philadelphia, 1827.

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File:1827 Finley Map of Eastern Pennsylvania - Wagon Roads and Turnpikes.jpg
File:1827 Finley Map of Eastern Pennsylvania - Wagon Roads and Turnpikes.jpg--marked up to show road network in late 1820s.
File:1827 Finley Map of Eastern Pennsylvania, en-antd Lehigh-Susquehanna & Susquehanna-Tioga Turnpike.jpg - with annotations of Lehigh Canal, Delaware Canal, and the Lehigh & Delaware Valley to Lake Erie turnpikes in Pennsylvania.

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