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Auction 194, Lot 164

"Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre, Nouvelle York, Nouvelle Jersey, et Pensilvanie", Bertholon, C.

Subject: New England & Mid-Atlantic United States

Period: 1799 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Moderne Portatif

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8.8 x 7.1 inches
22.4 x 18 cm
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This interesting map of New England exhibits some very odd boundaries. The states appear as amorphous strips stretching north-south displaying the lack of French knowledge of the existing boundaries. In New England, Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire seem to have been added to the plate, and are spelled Massachusset Bey and Hew Hampshire. The map is a close copy of Joseph La Porte's 1780 map of the same title, with a simplified cartouche and the change of Possessions Angloises in the Atlantic to Etats Unis, reflecting the French support for American independence.

References: cf. McCorkle #780.2.

Condition: A

Issued folding on a bright sheet with a few spots of foxing.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $100

Closed on 9/13/2023

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