New and Correct Map of the British Colonies in North America, A

Sub-Title

Comprehending Eastern Canada with the Province of Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and The Government of Newfoundland: with the Adjacent States of New England, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey

Subject

British colonies in North America, Canada, New England, Province of Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New England

Date

1794 May 12

Publisher

Laurie [Robert] & Whittle [James]

Place of Publication

London

Accession Number

1982.077.029

Alternate number

Seiferth Collection

Condition

Fair-Good. Some foxing, surface dirt. Joining fold torn, 9" from bottom.

Curatorial Notes

Outline color. Second copy, not as good condition, from Laurie & Whittle's 1808 atlas, located 02178.047. Title cartouche has image of a beaver. See Phillips, vol 1, p. 428, #716.

Market Value

2002: Sep, Helen Kahn, catalog # 61, item 117, $1,350 for third state. 1999 Mar: Antique Atlas Catalog #114, #172, $350.00
1982 appraisal: $475.00

Notes

Plate 62 from unidentified source. Based on a 1776 map published by Sayer and Bennet's "American Military Pocket Atlas of 1776." Also published as plate 49 in Laurie & Whittle's 1808 "A New and Elegant, Imperial Sheet Atlas." Outline color with line drawn in red to show "Old Boundary by which the French possessed Canada."

Size

18 3/4 x 26

Storage

c02d02