This early map of North America shows it divided into colonies of Spain (red), France (blue) and Great Britain (yellow), with the then British territories forming a precariously thin sliver along the Atlantic seaboard. La Salle's French colony in present-day Texas, which had failed a few years prior to the publication of the map, is marked as "Fort François" (French fort). The French fort of Fort Louis de la Louisiana is shown at the mouth of the Mobile River; a village (commonly called "La Mobile") was laid out in a grid pattern behind the fort. Numerous towns are named in New England and the British colonies, including St Augustine, Port Royal, "N[ew] York or Manate" (a distortion of Manhattan), Charleston, Salem, Boston, Philadelphia, New Plymouth.
Date: Originally published by Guillaume de l'Isle 1703; updated and republished by Philippe Buache 1745 (These dates are printed on the map)
IMAGE SIZE: Approx 51.5 x 68.0cm, 20.25 x 26.75 inches (Large); Please note that this is a folding map.
TYPE: Large antique 18th century atlas map, printed on thick, good quality paper with original hand colour/color and decorative title & scale cartouches
CONDITION: Very Good; suitable for framing.
VERSO: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain
FOLDING: This is a folding map.
ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: Guillaume de l'Isle
PROVENANCE: The map was extracted from a composite atlas of early 18th century maps, the latest of which was dated c1754

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