Carte Nouvelle des Possessions Angloises en Amerique dressee pour l'intelligence de la guerre presente et divisee suivant les pretentions des Anglois.

1777 First Edition Separate Issue Revolutionary War Map of the United States

Publication Date: 1777

About this Item

Average. Centerfold wear and verso reinforcement. Impression faint at corners. Old color. Minor wormhole damage. Light scuffing. Printers crease extending from bottom border into the Atlantic inset. Margin fill repairs upper right corner, and along left - not affecting printed area. Size 19.5 x 27.5 Inches. This is Maurille Antoine Moithey's rare separately issued April 1777 broadside map of the fledgling United States, one of the earliest general maps of the British Colonies to reflect the commencement of the Revolution. Issued in Paris, the map traces events in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War (1775 - 1783) with historical context as far back as the French and Indian War (1754 - 1763). Moithey issued this map to address French interest in the American Revolution - which was riding high at the time. The map predates by several months the 1778 signing of the Treaty of Alliance between France and the emergent United States. A Closer Look Coverage extends from just west of the Mississippi to the Atlantic Seaboard, and from James Bay to central Florida, thus embracing the North American Theater of War, including the Canadian provinces. There is interesting detail, particularly in the Ohio Valley, where multiple early English forts are named. The map further features extensive textual annotation describing both history and geography. Curiously, some, though not all of the fictional islands in Lake Superior have been removed. An inset in the lower right illustrates the North Atlantic, highlighting maritime routes between French, Spanish, and Portuguese ports and the Americas. Publication History and Census This map as prepared by Maurille Antoine Moithey and engraved in Paris by Jean-Baptiste Crépy. This is the first edition, issued on April 15, 1777. A subsequent edition followed in 1780. Scarce to the market. References: Sellers, John R. and Van Ee, Patricia, Maps and Charts of North America, #155. OCLC 166636603.

Seller Inventory # RevWarAmerica-moithey-1777

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Carte Nouvelle des Possessions Angloises en Amerique dressee pour l'intelligence de la guerre presente et divisee suivant les pretentions des Anglois.
• Publication Date: 1777
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • UNITED-STATES-MAPS