Carte de L'ILe de Nantucket.

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• ARTIST: J. Crevecoeur

• PUBLISHER: Published in Paris by St. John de Crevecoeur.

• MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

  DATE: 1787.

• EDITION SIZE: 7 7/8 x 10 3/4" (20 x 27.4 cm) plus margins.

• DESCRIPTION: A fine early folding map from the French edition of "Letters From an American Farmer". It is noted on the English edition of the map that the map was drawn by Dr. James Tupper, son of the Sheriff of the Island. A key identifies thirty two various towns and topographic features. The earliest separate map of the island.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition. Black & white.

• REFERENCE: Phillips, Maps of America, p. 457. Letters is listed in Howes, U.S.-Iana, #C883.

• CATEGORIES: Maps