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Amerique Septentrionale Dressee sur les Relations les plus Modernes des Voyageurs et Navigateurs, ou se remarquent les Etats Unis.

  • ARTIST: Didier Robert de Vaugondy

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: 1750, (1783).

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 18 7/8 x 23 1/8" (48 x 58.7 cm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: This is Robert de Vaugondy's 1783 update of his 1750 map of North America. In this revision, the newly formed United Sates are shown, outlined in red and showing the western boundaries at the Mississippi. The cartouche also has been moved from the upper left to the upper right corner. In its place is an inset map "Partie Nord-Quest de l'Amerique" depicts the northwest region with much of the mythical cartography of the day including Lake de Fonte (Sea of the West)

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition. Original outline color.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps