"Map of the European Settlements in North America", Kitchin, Thomas
Subject: Colonial Eastern United States & Canada
Period: 1776 (dated)
Publication: A Philosophical and Political History...in the East and West Indies
Color: Black & White
Size:
9.5 x 12.8 inches
24.1 x 32.5 cm
This map covers the eastern part of North America from Greenland to Florida with settlement confined to the eastern seaboard. Numerous Indian names are noted throughout. A comment by L. Ouinipigon alludes to a Northwest Passage: "R. of ye Assenpouels supposed to fall into the Western Ocean." The map is adorned with a garland style title cartouche and compass rose.
References: McCorkle #776.17; Sellers & van Ee #139.
Condition: B+
Issued folding with light offsetting and a dampstain at right that just enters the border. There is a binder's trim at upper right with a short binding tear that has been closed on verso with archival tape.
