Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic
Period: 1757 (published)
Publication: A Complete System of Geography
Color: Hand Color
Size:
9 x 12.8 inches
22.9 x 32.5 cm
Beautifully engraved map centered on Chesapeake Bay based on the great Popple map of 1733. Filled with detail and place names including Indian House and Plantations, English Plantations, Black Water Plantations, and numerous early towns and villages. It is decorated with a title cartouche and compass rose.
References: Papenfuse & Coale plt. 24.
Condition: A+
Strong, early impression.