LAURIE & WHITTLE (Late 18th Century)The United States of America...Engraved map with original hand color in full.London: Laurie & Whittle, 1794.20 1/4" x 22 1/2" sheet.The first British map to show the American Flag.The full title reads, "The United States of America, with the British possessions of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Also the Spanish Territories of Louisiana and Florida according to the Preliminary Articles of Peace signed at Versailles the 20th of Jan. 1783."This is a handsome map of the United States and lower Canada, published a mere decade after the signing of the treaty of Versailles in 1783. The map provides a detailed perspective of the original colonies, as well as East and West Florida (at the time, still Spanish territories) and Spanish Louisiana. The map provides comprehensive detail on Native American Tribes in the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys. The artist includes a reprint of Article III of the Treaty, topped by one of the earliest representations of an American Flag to appear on a printed map.