Amérique Septentrionale. British French Spanish North ’ANVILLE 1746 map
Artist/engraver/cartographer: Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville. Provenance: The map was extracted from a composite atlas of early 18th century maps, the latest of which was dated c1754. Type: Large antique 18th century atlas wall map, printed on thick, good quality paper with original outline hand colour/color and decorative title cartouche. This fabulous map shows North America divided between British (red), French (Green) and Spanish (Yellow) possessions. At this time the British colonies of New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Carolina, "Acadie" (Nova Scotia) and Newfoundland occupied a thin sliver along the coast, with the French controlling most of the interior of the continent, including much of present-day eastern Canada. The river systems, notably the Mississippi and Missouri, are well detailed, although the "Grand Riviere" flowing east into Lake Superior through the substantial "Lac des Bois" is a notable inaccuracy. Many towns are marked on the map, especially in the north east, including New York, Boston, Baltimore, Charles Town (Charleston), New Orleans, St Augustine, Philadelphia, Quebec City, Montreal, Havana, Mexico City, Cartagena. Forts, missions and areas occupied by Native American Indian tribes - including "Tecas" (Texas) - are shown. Florida appears rather anorexic and archipelagic compared to its actual shape. In the West Indies, the islands of Grenada and St Lucia are both marked in green as French colonies, as they were at the time - Grenada was ceded to Britain in 1763 and Britain did not regain its previous control of St Lucia until 1803. St Vincent and Dominica are uncoloured. Nassau is coloured red, indicative of a British colony, although the rest of the Bahamas are uncoloured, perhaps reflective of their then status as a haven for pirates
Size: 5384px × 5214px
Location: North America
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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