MEDIUM: Engraving, hand colored,
DATE: c. 1770.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 7 5/8 x 14 5/8" (193 x 370 mm).
DESCRIPTION: Anonymous double-hemispheric world map decorated with allegorical figures representing the seasons in the corners. In North America, Alaska is indicated by a separate island labeled "Land discovered 1741". The continental eastern seaboard carries the designation British Empire, wth individual colonies named.
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CONDITION: Good condition save reinforced original folds; modern hand color
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