This large handsome, beautifully hand coloured original 1st edition map of North America The Colonial United States & the Gulf of Mexico was engraved by Tobias Conrad Lotter and published by Georg Mattraus Seutter in 1730, Augsburg.
Please be aware not to confuse this map with the later almost identical map, published by the original engraver Tobias Lotter in 1760. Although cartographically similar, Lotter replaced the naval battle in the Atlantic, with inset maps of different America ports & bays.

Seutter's decorative and beautifully engraved version of Claude Delisle's Landmark map of 1703 - Carte du Mexique et de la Floride - contains the same geographical information as Delisle’s original, but the great French cartographer’s understated style has been replaced with the lavish ornamental and Baroque embellishments typical of Seutter’s Germanic style. It provides a view of North America from the Great Lakes through the West Indies. The British colonies are confined east of the Appalachian Mountains, France controls the Mississippi valley and Florida, and Spain possesses Mexico; political divisions as dictated by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. New Mexico is finely described with many native tribes and pueblos noted, including Acoma, Santa Clara, Isleta and more. While geographically nearly identical to Delisle’s chart, this map is very decorative with both oceans filled with vignettes of sea battles. The bottom left section of the map off the southwestern coast of Mexico depicts a naval battle while settlers view from the coast. Engraved by Tobias Conrad Lotter, whose later issue of this map includes an inset replacing the naval battles in the Atlantic at the upper right. Like most all of Seutter’s maps, the coloring is exquisite.  (Ref: M&B; Tooley)

Condition Report
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable
Paper color: - off white
Age of map color: - Original, later
Colors used: - Yellow, pink, green, orange, blue
General color appearance: - Authentic
Papaer size: - 24 1/2in x 21in (620mm x 535mm)
Plate size: - 22 3/4in x 19 3/4in (575mm x 500mm)
Margins: - Min 1in (25mm)

Imperfections:
Margins: - Old in Roman numerals in top right margin, light soiling in bottom right margin corner
Plate area: - None
Verso: - None

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