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Auction 190, Lot 103

Features the Short-Lived State of Franklin

"America", Rochefoucald Liancourt, Francois Alexander

Subject: Eastern United States & Canada, Franklin

Period: 1805 (published)

Publication: The History of the Discovery and Settlement, to the Present Time...

Color: Black & White

Size:
12.9 x 15.9 inches
32.8 x 40.4 cm
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This fascinating map of the eastern United States and Canada features the short-lived states of Franklinia in eastern Tennessee (here labeled Tennassee) as well as Morgania in present-day Missouri. The latter was named after George Morgan, a land speculator, who attempted to create a new colony in the then Spanish controlled Louisiana Territory near New Madrid (Morgan gave up this endeavor a few years later). The Ohio Company land grant still appears north of the Ohio River, and Florida is divided between East and West. West of the Appalachians, detail is mostly limited to forts and the locations of numerous Indian tribes. Engraved by John Scoles.

References: Dotson & Baker (OWA) #20.

Condition: A

A crisp impression on a bright sheet, issued folding.

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300

Sold for: $1,100

Closed on 11/16/2022

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