Auction 799, Lot # 225

LAURIE & WHITTLE
INGLATERRA, SIGLO XVIII.
A NEW MAP OF THE WHOLE CONTINENT OF AMERICA, DIVIDED INTO NORTH AND SOUTH AND WEST INDIES.
Mapa grabado, límites coloreados, London: Publish'd by Laurie & Whittle, 12th. May 1794. Con la leyenda: "Wherein are exactly described the United States of North America, as well as the several European possessions according to the preliminaries of peace signed at Versailles Jan. 20, 1783. Compiled from Mr. D'Anville's maps of that continent with the additions of the Spanish discoveries in 1775 to the north of California & corrected in the several parts belonging to Great Britain from the original materials of Governor Pownall, M. P. ". Dividido en dos partes: Norte y Sur. Tabla en margen izquierdo: "The Continent and Islands of America are Divided and Possessed as follows viz"; debajo se encuentra un recuadro con mapa: "The Supplement to North America" de Hudson y Baffin's Bay; en esquina inferior derecha se encuentra un "cartouche" decorado con flora y fauna.
Detalles de conservación y estructura.
Dimensiones: 101 x 118 cm

Originalmente dibujado por John Gibson en "An accurate map of North America" (1763), y aumentado con base en la cartografía de D'Anville y las expediciones españolas realizadas al norte de California en 1775.

Estimado $ 30,000-50,000