Subject: Colonial Central & Southern United States
Period: 1780 (circa)
Publication: Raynal's Atlas Portatiff
Color: Hand Color
Size:
11.7 x 8.4 inches
29.7 x 21.3 cm
Superb small map based on Delisle's map of the French colony of Louisiana. This finely engraved and detailed map of French Louisiana extends from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from Nouveau Mexique to Florida (not showing the tip of Florida). Many Indian place names, forts, and early European settlements are shown. Nouveau Mexique in the far west includes Santa Fe and names the S. Jerome de Taos. The decorative title cartouche includes the distance scale.
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Condition: A
A nice impression on watermarked paper with a few minor spots. There are some light stains along the edges of the sheet and some color bleed-through on verso.