Subject: Colonial United States and Canada
Period: 1763 (dated)
Publication: Gentleman's Magazine
Color: Black & White
Size:
9.3 x 8 inches
23.6 x 20.3 cm
This great map was designed to illustrate the new boundaries established at the end of the French and Indian War when England came into possession of the former French and Spanish settlements in Canada and Florida. It covers the east coast from Newfoundland down the coast to east and west Florida, the Bahamas, inland including the Great Lakes and French Louisiana. The large "Lands reserved for the Indians" lies west of the Appalachians. Each colony is shown with a wide engraved line. Large inset illustrates "Bermuda or Summer Islands." Compass rose with the fleur-de-lis decorate the strong engraving. Issued in the December 1763 issue of Gentleman's Magazine.
References: Jolly GENT-170; Fite & Freeman #55, p. 218-221; McCorkle #763.3; Sellers & Van Ee #110.
Condition: B+
Fine impression on thick hand laid paper with original margins, folding as issued. A little light offsetting.