Rare Antique Wall-Map of North America: French and Indian War Boundaries, 1793
€ 6 500
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1793
Sheet size
104.5 × 120 cm (41.1 × 47.2 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
Plancius_01
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
The map is in good condition for its age, with minor marginal stains that do not detract from its overall appearance. The engraving is clear, and the hand-coloring, where present, remains vibrant. The four sheets are expertly joined.
About this sheet
North America in four joined sheets, an original engraved wall map by Emanuel Bowen and John Gibson, published by Robert Sayer, with the date given in the fields as 1793. The title cartouche at the upper right reads "An Accurate Map of North America", with a continuation describing the British and Spanish dominions, set in a large figural cartouche of allegorical figures.
The map covers the continent from Labrador and Hudson Bay in the north to the Isthmus of Panama in the south, with the Atlantic seaboard, the Great Lakes and the Mississippi in the center, and the Gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas and the West Indies below. Spanish territories in New Mexico, Texas and Mexico fill the left side, and the Pacific is lettered "The Pacific Ocean or Great South Sea". Printed notes on the history and territory of the colonies fill blank areas of the sheet, and the map is hand-colored in outline. Two insets appear at the left: an inset at the top left of the northwest and the Arctic, and a smaller inset at the lower left of California.
The map is large in format, with a scale in a decorative cartouche at lower right.
