SCARCE MAP OF BRITISH POSSESIONS MATHEW CAREY PUBLISHED PHILADELPHIA 1794

THE BRITISH POSSESSIONS IN NORTH AMERICA SAMUEL LEWIS 1794

£325

First edition of Carey's map of Canada, New England, the Great Lakes and Old Northwest Territory, from Carey's General Atlas.

Extends North to Baffin's Bay and the Sea as Seen By Hearne in 1771, West to Slave Lake, Buffalo Lake, Ft. Chepawyan and the most northern bend of the Missouri River. Excellent detailed in the watershed feeding Lake Winnepeg and between the Great Lakes and James Bay. Ft. Detroit is named, along with the Northern Iroquois, Sandusky, Presq'Isle, Niagara Ft. and Falls, Oswego, Montreal, and a line showing the US Border. The Algonquin lands are also shown. A scarce early American published map of the region, engraved by Samuel Lewis.

Good hand colour

Very good condition