Subject: Colonial South
Period: 1772 (dated)
Publication: Gentlemen's Magazine
Color: Hand Color
Size:
13.5 x 7.5 inches
34.3 x 19.1 cm
Features include Mobile Bay and Fort Conde, New Orleans and Plantations on the Mississippi well north of New Orleans. Large inset "Plan for a New Settlement" shows much detail including docks along the river. This map was published in response to reports that the British government was considering the settlement of a colony on the banks of the Mississippi. The point suggested was near today's Baton Rouge.
References: Jolly GENT-217.
Condition: B
Trimmed close at bottom, as issued with a bit of faint offsetting.