North America & The West Indies
Title: "A new and correct Map of North-America with the West India Islands divided according to the last Treaty of Peace…”
Large map of North America with a beautifully decorated title cartouche, at the upper left a small inset map of Canada depicting the Baffin and Hudson Bays and at the bottom left another inset map with the passage by land to California discoverd by Father Kino, a Jesuit, between 1698 and 1701.
Large copper engraving consisting of four mounted single sheet maps; with original border colouring, by Thomas Pownall (1722-1805). Publisher: Sayers & Bennett, London 1777. First Pownall Edition!
The first edition of this map was published by Bowen & Gibson 1755, this copy was published in Thomas Jefferys' „The American Atlas, A Geographical Description of the whole Continent of America.“ 1777.
Map size (complete): 115 cm x 101 cm
Beautiful print and colours, strong paper, folded four times, some wrinkles, altogether in very good condition.
€ 2.800,-