A fine map noting the colonial possessions in North America eastward from Texas to the Atlantic coast. It shows early settlements, forts, Indian villages, and tribal territory. The colonies have boundaries extending past the map's western border. Various treaty and charter boundaries are shown. Earl Granville's Property stretches from the Atlantic west to beyond the Mississippi River. In Florida, a line from Fort St. George to St. Mark delineates the Limits Stipulated in 1738 and below, nearly to Cape Canaveral, are the Bounds of Carolina by Charter of 1665. The fishing banks off Canada are prominently outlined. The map is enhanced by a delicate title cartouche and fancy compass rose. This is the third state of this map, with a reworked title cartouche; the second state was published in the February 1763 edition of the London Magazine. Spilsbury's imprint (bottom right) and the Smollett imprint (top) are still vaguely visible.

References: cf. Jolly #LOND-222; McCorkle #763.7; cf. Sellers & Van Ee #89.

Condition: B+

A nice impresssion, issued folding, with old paper reinforcing the folds on verso and extending the bottom margin. There are small stains, minor toning, and a binding tear at right that enters 0.5" into map border and has been closed on verso with archival tape.