AN ANTIQUE MAP, "America Septentrionalis," AMSTERDAM, 1756, hand-colored engraving on paper, Homann Heirs, at left a Rococo moss draped title cartouche reads, "a Domino d'Anville in Galliis edita nunc in Anglia, Coloniis in interiorem Virginiam deductis nec non fluvii Ohio cursi acta notis geographicis et historias illustrata sumptibus homannionarum heredum, Noriberge, a. 1756," a lower paragraph gives a brief history in Dutch?about the English discovery and establishment of colonies from approximately 1497-1729, listing major native indigenous nations, while an upper paragraph details interventions and occupations by the French in the new world, showing the territories colored in orange, red and green by Spanish, English and French occupation, overlaid with longitudinal and latitudinal lines and with one compass rose, plate: 18 3/4" x 20 1/2". Provenance: Private Document Collection, Rochester, New York.

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