"Part of North America; Comprehending the Course of the Ohio, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania, Maryland, Virginia, Carolina and Georgia", Barrow, John (Sir)
Subject: Colonial Eastern United States
Period: 1759 (circa)
Publication: New Geographical Dictionary
Color: Hand Color
Size:
11.7 x 8.4 inches
29.7 x 21.3 cm
A finely engraved map based on a larger version by Didier Robert de Vaugondy. The colonies extend to the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, with North and South Carolina stretching to the Mississippi River. The map is filled with excellent detail of early settlements, forts, Indian villages, river systems, and topography. An inset at top left depicts the southeastern coast from Cape Fear to Fort St. George. Decorated by a rococo-style title cartouche at lower right.
References: McCorkle #759.2.
Condition: B
Even light toning with a narrow strip of mat burn just outside the border. Staining along the top edge is confined to the blank margin, and a short edge tear also at top has been closed on verso with archival tape. There are paper remnants in the top corners on verso from a previous framing.
