Descrizione

Incisione in rame, coloritura antica originale, 610x500 mm. La carta mostra le 13 colonie inglesi a testimonianza dell'interesse crescente in Europa per questi territori e per la situazione politica che si stava sviluppando e che sarebbe sfociata nella guerra d'Indipendenza. Buon esemplare ben conservato anche con margini un po' sporchi e alone in alto. Copperplate, original hand colour, mm 610x500. It shows the 13 english colonies illustrating the developing political situation thet will have brought to the Revolution. A good copy with broad margins, some surface dirt in margins and water stain at top Each of the thirteen Colonies is identified by name both on the map, and in the title. The title is placed within an attractive decorative border surmounted by the British Royal arms. The French title and nomenclature indicates that Lotter, a leading German mapmaker, intended this for the French market, as does the fact that he limits the claims of the British to the regions east of the Appalachian Mountains. The delineation of the thirteen "Provinces unies" is generally well done (although Maryland and Georgia are both strangely shaped): a number of locations are named in the Ohio Valley, including Logs Town, Twictwees, Ft. Du Quesne, Allegheny, Vinango, Buffaloons, Sandoski and Mingos. Some interesting details are also shown in the region of the Great Lakes. McCorkle, New England in Early Printed Maps 776.19; cf. Phillips, A List of Maps of America , p. 3517; Sellers & Van Ee, Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies 141. <BR> <BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR>