LARGE MAP OF THE BRITISH COLONIES AND NASCENT STATES OF NORTH EASTERN REGION 1794

A NEW AND CORRECT MAP OF THE BRITISH COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA COMPREHENDING EASTERN CANADA ...

£485

A New and Correct Map of the British Colonies in North America Comprehending Eastern Canada with the Adjacent States of New England, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey . . . 1794

Detailed and attractive map of the North East region. Covers the area from Hudson and James Bays to Newfoundland and the Grand Bank, and to Delaware Bay, the Upper Chesapeake, Pennsylvania and Lake Ontario.

Based on a 1776 original based on Governor Pownall's map. Title within an ornamental cartouche surmounted by a beaver. Details of each region / countries fishing rights below Cartouche.

New York State is misshapened divided by the huge "State of Vermont". With note in western NY State: "This vast tract of land which is the antient Couchsachrage one of the four Beaver hunting countries of the Six Nations is not yet surveyed." Saga Hadok in northwest Maine, the state name spelled without an 'e'. Shows forts George, Edward, Anne, Halifax in PA, Ticonderoga, etc. Also Dartmouth College, Mt. Tom in Mass. Shows roads, trails, towns, native tribes and villages. Ocean off New England called Massachusetts Bay.

Very minor light offsetting. Printed on heavy paper

Original outline colour

Very good condition