Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic United States
Period: 1781 (circa)
Publication: Teatro della Guerra Marittima e Terrestre...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
11.6 x 7.9 inches
29.5 x 20.1 cm
This map details the English colonies from Pennsylvania through Penobscot Bay in Maine, with their early boundaries. It is fully engraved with topographical features and includes many early place names. The colonies are shown confined east of the Allegheny Mountains with the Nations Iroquoises, Indian villages, and several French forts located west of the mountains. It extends to show Lake Ontario and most of Lake Erie. A flourishing French rococo-style cartouche with distance scale decorates the map. This is an Italian edition of Bellin's map that was first published in 1757.
References: McCorkle #781.2.
Condition: A
A crisp impression, issued folding on a bright sheet with a "V" watermark, minor offsetting, and marginal soiling.