![]() ![]() "Bonaparte's Place," shown on the bluff above Crosswicks Creek in Bordentown, was the site of the home of Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon's brother, after his family's banishment from France in 1816. In Washington Township, a dotted line identifies geological regions of "Middle Secondary Red Sand." Several sites bear special mention. A vast number of creeks, streams, and rivers traverse the coastal area. The names of the larger towns arch in capital letters. A canopy of pine trees stretches in every direction, as far as the horizon. 1 A historical note and engravings of City Hall in Burlington and the county buildings in Mount Holly complete the main features of the map.Ģ013: View from the top of the fire tower on Apple Pie Hill. Large sections are covered with tree symbols denoting portions of the Pine Barrens, which extends across several counties of southern New Jersey. ![]() Names of landowners are located, but the region grows very sparse towards the ocean, as the sandy coastal plain is much less fertile. The fourteen townships-Burlington, Chester, Chesterfield, Egg Harbour (later, Little Egg Harbor), Evesham, Hanover, Mansfield, Medford, Northampton, Pemberton, Southampton, Springfield, Washington, Willingborough-are edged in blue, yellow, orange, pink, or green, but the rest of the map is uncolored. The county stretches horizontally from the Delaware River on the left to the Atlantic Ocean on the right. It includes separately-bordered maps of Burlington and Mount Holly. ![]() 0.8 mile to 1 inch.įirst wall map of Burlington County. Wall map, with ornamental border and added outline color, 83 × 163 cm. "Map of Burlington County Mostly from Original Surveys" (Philadelphia: Smith & Wistar, 1849). Total Area: 820 square miles-the only county that bridges the width of the state, from the Delaware River to the Atlantic Ocean New Jersey Counties: First Wall Maps and Atlases Burlington County County Data New Jersey Counties: First Wall Maps and Atlases (1849–1882).State of New Jersey: First Wall Maps and Atlases (1812–1888). ![]() Nova Cæsarea: A Cartographic Record of the Garden State 1666-1888 ![]()
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