Subject: Eastern United States
Period: 1797 (dated)
Publication: Nuovo Atlante Geografico Universale
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18.8 x 13.4 inches
47.8 x 34 cm
This uncommon map was part of Cassini's six-sheet representation of the settled portions of North America. Cassini drew largely from the Zatta-Mitchell map of North America. It shows the new United States from Massachusetts to Cape Hatteras in North Carolina and inland to Lake Erie. The map includes Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Rhode Island, Maryland and a part of Virginia. The map is quite detailed, and includes roads and topography in addition to many place-names, from Boston and Capo Cod to Filadelfia. The title is above a landscape cartouche showing a boat being loaded.
References: McCorkle #797.3; Portinaro & Knirsch #167.
Condition: B+
A nice impression with pretty original color. There are a couple specks of foxing, mostly in the blank margins.