Map of the British Empire in America with the French, Spanish[,] and Dutch Settlements adjacent thereto, A

Sub-Title
Nouvelle Carte Particuliére de l'Amerique ou sont exactement marquées les Provinces suivantes comme la Caroline Meridionale, la Floride, la Louisiane, le Mexique, le Jucatan, le Guatimala, le Darien, & une Partie de Cuba
Subject

Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Central America, Florida, Mexico, Yucatan, Guatamala. French forts east of the Appalachians along the Mississippi River, location of Indian tribes.

Date
1733 (historical)
Mapmaker
Popple, Henry
Publisher

Covens, John and Cornelius Mortier

Place of Publication

Amsterdam

Accession Number
9807.002
Condition
Poor. Needs conservation.
Curatorial Notes

Second copy, in better condition, located 1976.023b. See Phillips, Vol. 1, p. 341-41, #596. First to depict, on a large scale, the British Empire in North America, and w/inclusion of recently formed Georgia, the first to name all 13 colonies. It became of of the primary cartographic documents depicting European interests in NA, its detailed rendering of the known part of the continent being unsurpassed by any other map of the time. Despite this, it was not given official recognition by the British Board of trade who regarded it as too favorable to French claims in the New World.

Market Value
1998 Jun: The Map House of London, $16,400.00 for a four sheet Dutch issue (hand colored) which condenses the information contained in the 20 sheet version .
1976: second copy, #1976.23a-b, purchased from Tejas Galleries, $540.00 for 2 sheets
Notes

From Covens and Mortier's 1741 "Atlas Nouveau."

Media Type
mounted on cloth
Size
22 5/8 x 20 5/8
Storage
c04d08