This large, handsome and important Revolutionary War chart was published by the Depot de la Marine for the French fleet when the focus of the war shifted to the south. The chart extends from Delaware Bay and Philadelphia south through much of Georgia to Amelia Island and St. Johns River. It provides excellent detail along the coast, particularly in the Chesapeake Bay. Surprisingly, it also provides great detail inland to the Appalachians and extends west to Fort Necessity and the Ohio River in Western Virginia. The map shows early county names throughout the region, as well as early roads, Indian tribes, towns, mountains, and rivers. Numerous native tribes are noted and the location of the Catawba Indians Catawbaw Town is shown south of Charlotte. Two Quaker meeting houses are shown east of Salem, NC. The Depot de la Marine engraved seal appears below the title cartouche, and the price is engraved at bottom right: "Prix Trois Francs."

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Condition: A

A crisp impression on a bright sheet with minor foxing, a small puncture in the right margin, and toning and soiling along the edges of the sheet. There is slight cockling of the paper which causes our scanner to create gray shadows, which do not appear on the map itself. There are remnants of masking tape along the top edge of the sheet on verso, and a few short tears along the edges of the sheet.