Francis Daniel Pastorius, Manuscript Plan of Germantown, Pennsylvania (ca. 1686–1687) Views_NYC The map reflects the geographical

The map reflects the geographical knowledge and cartographic style of the period

The geography includes the tracks of the great navigators of the age

all deriving ultimately from a 1547 map of Eufrosino della Volpaia

The paintings were sent to France where the engravings for the first series of sixteen were executed in Paris

Francis Daniel Pastorius, Manuscript Plan of Germantown, Pennsylvania (ca. 1686–1687) Views_NYC The map reflects the geographicalThis manuscript map is the original plan of Germantown, drawn by Francis Daniel Pastorius, founder of the settlement and an early advocate for human rights in colonial North America. Created soon after Germantowns establishment, it records boundaries, natural features, and early lot divisions, providing a rare, close view of community formation in the late seventeenth century. The work is closely associated with Germantowns early tradition of ethical