"Carte Generale du Canada, de la Louisiane, de la Floride, de la Caroline, de la Virginie, de la Nouvelle Angleterre etc. par le Sr. d'Anville", D'Anville/Santini

This striking map is an Italian edition of d'Anville's map, published in the first year of the American Revolution. The map is filled with detail of river systems and topography, with particular focus on the Great Lakes. Lake Superior is shown attached to a convoluted river system reaching across the continent reminiscent of the Riviere Longue of Baron Lahontan's memoirs. On the Gulf Coast the region of Tecas (Texas) is named with a nearby note about the Atac-apa tribe of Indians, who are noted as Antrophages (Cannibals) and Indiens errans. Inset at lower right is a detailed map of Hudson and Baffin bays.

References: McCorkle #776.3; Sellers & Van Ee #136.

Condition: A+