A NEW MAP OF THE WHOLE CONTINENT OF AMERICA, DIVIDED INTO NORTH AND SOUTH AND WEST INDIES. WHEREIN ARE EXACTLY DESCRIBED THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA....
John Gibson
A New Map of the Whole Continent of America, Divided into North and South and West Indies. Wherein are exactly Described the United States of North America....
Handcolored copper plate engraving, 15 August, 1794.
Two sheets, each sheet, 20 3/8 x 46 5/8". Overall 40 3/4 x 46 5/8" (103.2 x 118.2 cm) plus margins.
Good condition save for occasional damp stains and minor splitting along fold lines. Original outline coloring. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 74153
Price: $1,750.00 Publisher : Published by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street. London. An important and highly accurate map of the Americas, first issued in 1763 by John Gibson and re-issued six times over a thirty-one year period with geographical updates, new titling and other revisions. This is the sixth state of the map. Its various states depicted shifting political boundaries after the French and Indian War, and after the American Revolution with the independence of the new United States.
The map is impressively detailed, especially in South and Central America and the eastern regions of North America. Western North America is more speculatively charted, and includes the imaginary Fou Sang colony in Canada. An inset table lists the regions and islands in the possession of different European countries, as well as the individual U.S. colonies. The attractive decorative title cartouche includes plants and an alligator. Maps
