Lewis Evans (surveyor)

Evans's General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America, published in 1755, was made in collaboration with Thomas Pownall, to whom Evans dedicated it.

Lewis Evans (c. 1700 – 12 June 1756)[1] was a Welsh surveyor and geographer. He had a brother John. In the mid-1730s he emigrated to British America, where he was based in Philadelphia. He was well known for his 1755 map of the Middle British Colonies.

  1. ^ Mary Gwyneth Lewis. "Evans, Lewis (c.1700–1756), cartographer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2019.