Map of the Whole Continent of America, A

Sub-Title
divided into North and South and [the] West Indies with a Copious Table Fully shewing (sic) the several Possessions of each European Prince & State, As settled by the Definitive Treaty concluded at Paris Feb[ruar]y 10th[,] 1763, the Clauses of which relative thereto are inserted.
Subject

North America, 1763 Treaty of Paris, Seven Years' War, French and Indian War, Baffin's and Hudson's Bays

Date
1772 Apr 1
Mapmaker
Anville, [Jean Baptiste Bourguignon] d'], original mapmaker
Publisher

Sayer, Rob[er]t

Place of Publication

London

Accession Number
1975.015.001 a-b
Condition
Good. Conserved @ Northeast Document Center, 1996.
Curatorial Notes

Elaborate cartouche, featuring symbols of the New World. See also 1982.077.026a-b and 1975,016.001a-b for different edition of this map.

Exhibition History
1996 Sep - Mar 30, 1999, So Much More than Just A Map Dec 1982-1984: map exhibition in Presbytere.
Insets
Supplement to North America containing the Countries adjoining the Baffin's and Hudson's Bays
Market Value
1975: Purchased from Southern Book Mart, $250.00
Notes

Includes full text of Treaty of Paris, 1763. At the conclusion of the Seven Years' War, Britain possessed vast and still little known (to them) land areas. To remedy this situation, British cartographers and mapsellers soon produced maps of the newly aquired area. The predominent symbol in the title cartouche is an alligator. Other typical symbols for the Americas surround the remainder: a Brazilian feather crown lies alongside a quiver filled with bows, two parrots grace the upper right, while what is probably a puma stands at the edge of a stream. Lush vegetation, including moss-draped cypress trees and waterfalls, encircle the whole, thus conveying that America is a land of wealth and abundance.

Size
20 1/4 x 46 1/2 each sheet
Storage
c04d01