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Biographical information will be found in Stevens, H. N., “Lewis Evans, his Map of the Middle British Colonies…” (H. Stevens, Son and Stiles, London, 1905, 1920, 1924). Wroth, L. C., “An American Bookshelf 1755” (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1934). Gipson, L. H., “Lewis Evans” (Historical Society of Philadelphia, 1939).
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Evans, Lewis, “A Map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York…” (Philadelphia, 1749, 1752).
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Pownall, Thomas, “A Topographical Description of Such Parts of North America as are Contained in the (Annexed) Map of the Middle British Colonies in North America” (J. Almon, London, 1776).
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White, G. W., “Lewis Evans' Early American Notice of Isostasy”, Science, 114, 302 (1951).
Evans, Lewis, “An Analysis of a General Map of the Middle British Colonies…” (B. Franklin and D. Hall, Philadelphia, 1755); also facsimile reprint in Gipson, op. cit., p. iv.
Ibid., pp. 28–38.
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WHITE, G. Lewis Evans (1700–56): A Scientist in Colonial America. Nature 177, 1055–1056 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/1771055a0
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