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Antique Map of North America by Bolton (92343)
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Cartographer : Samuel Bolton
Title : North America Performed under the Patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans ...by Mr Bolton
Date : 1766
Size : 36in x 34 1/2in (915mm x 875mm)
Description :

This fine beautifully hand coloured very large - 4 sheet joined - copper-plate engraved original antique map of North America - by Samuel Bolton, engraved by William Seale after Jean-Baptiste Bourguinon D'Anville - was published in Malachy Postlethweyt's 2 Volumes publication of Dictionary of Trade & Commerce published between 1751 & 1774, this map is from the 1766 edition. These large maps are hard to find in such good condition and make fantastic historical reference tools due to the high level of detail.

A striking four-sheet map of North and Central America with the West Indies. Very detailed with towns, cities, forts, Indian villages and tribal territories in the interior, and shoals, banks and navigational hazards offshore. Includes a large inset of Hudson Bay with notations concerning the search for a Northwest Passage.
This map is based on a similar large map by Jean-Baptiste Bourguinon D'Anville's map of 1746 with several notable "additions and improvements" per the Treaty of 1763 (see below).
There are several lengthy notations reflecting the extreme nationalism in vogue during this period. In California is a note concerning the discoveries of Sir Francis Drake and the fact that it was not included in D'Anville's map, thus "rather than mention New Albion, as an English claim founded by Drake, the first circumnavigator, they castrate their own maps to blind his discovery." To the left of the decorative title cartouche in the Atlantic is a lengthy notation explaining the holdings of Britain, France and Spain subsequent to the treaty. Another decorative cartouche balances the composition in the lower left. Map engraved by Robert Seale, cartouches engraved by A. Walker. Four sheets, un-joined as issued (size given is if joined). Set includes the title page with a vignette showing sheep shearing.

The Treaty of Paris, often called the Peace of Paris, or the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763, by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. It ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War. The treaty marked the beginning of an extensive period of British dominance outside Europe. Notably, the treaty did not involve either Prussia or Austria who signed a separate Treaty of Hubertusburg.

Dictionary of Trade & Commerce - A monumental dictionary of trade and commerce. It is based in part on the Dictionnaire universel de Commerce (Paris: 1723-30) of Jacques Savary de Bruslon, under whose name it is often catalogued, but has been adapted by Postlethwayt for a British audience, with substantial enlargements and improvements, and entirely new matterial relating to England and her colonies. Postlethwayt devoted twenty years to the preparation of the dictionary, which was first published in 1751-55 &  includes a description of British affairs in North America since the peace of 1763.
As with his other works, the dictionary demonstrates Postlethway’s deep commitment to the expansion and strengthening of English trade. Included are entries for geographical locations (Africa, Antilles, Canada, Japan, Louisiana, &c.), products (brandy, cardamom, codfish, diamonds, sugar, &c.), trading companies (Dutch East India Company, English African Company, &c.), treaties of commerce, and a vast range of other information of value to merchants (bankruptcy, currency, bills of exchange, brokerage, exportation, landed interest, privateering, &c.). The Dictionary is also important for containing almost the whole substance of Richard Cantillon’s Essay on Commerce, its first appearance in print.
(Ref: M&B; Tooley)

General Description:
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable
Paper color: - White
Age of map color: - Later 
Colors used: - Yellow, green, pink
General color appearance: - Authentic 
Paper size: - 36in x 34 1/2in (915mm x 875mm)
Plate size: - 34in x 33in (865mm x 840mm)
Margins: - Min 1/2in (12mm)

Imperfections:
Margins: - None
Plate area: - Folds as issued, small extension to bottom righ margin approx. 7in not affecting the image
Verso: - None

Condition : (A+) Fine Condition

Price :

Ref. No. :

US$2,250.00

92343

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