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and make fantastic historical reference tools due to the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
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