This large beautifully engraved hand coloured original antique map of North America - with each colonial power in North America represented with red for the British, green for the French and yellow for the Spanish, with an obvious bias to the French - was engraved in 1750 - the date is engraved in the title cartouche - and was published by Robert Du Vaugondy in his Atlas Universal, Paris 1757.

First edition of De Vaugondy's large map of North America with unusual colonial power  boundaries. Georgia and the Carolinas are shown stretching to the Mississippi. New York & Pennsylvania are ambiguously left within a huge misrepresentation of the French Canada. Florida is given to Spain and French Louisiana stretches from the Gulf into the unknown of North America west of the Mississippi.
The region east of the Appalachians is referred to as Chouanous et Cheraquis & extensive detail is given on the Mississippi Valley Indians, French and English forts. The River systems which drain into the Mississippi are also of note, along with the Belle Riviere, which seems to extend from Southern Kansas or Northern Oklahoma to the west, quite uniquely and mythically so. The Coast of California still includes Nlle. Albion, Quiviera and the entrance discovered by Martin d'Augilar. The lands to the north are Terres Inconnues. The Missouri River extends far into the West.
This is a wonderful map published on the cusp of huge change in North America both politically and in the physical understanding of the vast lands yet to be explored.  (Ref: Tooley; M&B)

General Description:
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable
Paper color: - White
Age of map color: - Original
Colors used: - Pink, green, yellow
General color appearance: - Authentic
Paper Size: - 27in x 20in (685mm x 510mm)
Plate size: - 24in x 19 1/2in (610mm x 495mm)
Margins: - Min 1/2in (12mm)

Imperfections:
Margins: - Light age toning
Plate area: - Light creasing along centerfold
Verso: - None

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