A rare piece of French and Indian War cartographic propaganda
A New and Accurate Map of the English Empire in North America;
representing their rightful claim as confirme'd by charters and the formal surrender of their Indian friends; likewise the encroachments of the French, with the several forts they have unjustly erected therein. By a Society of Anti-Gallicans.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament And Sold by Wm. Herbert on London Bridge & Robt. Sayer over against Fetter Lane in Fleet Street,
Decr. 1755.
Engraved map, dissected and mounted on linen, fine original hand-colour, seven inset maps, some minor browning in places.
460 by 850mm (18 by 33.5 inches).
1198
notes:
By 1755, the date of this important map, the territorial dispute between Britain and France over the colonies in America had dissolved into open military conflict. This map, however, was part of a larger propaganda campaign by the British. The map, based on John Mitchell's monumental map of the same year, graphically depicts their claims to the region.
According to the maker, "The Society of Anti-Gallicans," all the coloured areas on the map rightfully belong to ...
According to the maker, "The Society of Anti-Gallicans," all the coloured areas on the map rightfully belong to ...
bibliography:
Sellers & Van Ee 62; Treasures of the National Map Collection 21; Phillips, p. 575; Streeter sale 822; Siebert sale 270.