A New Map of the English Empire in America Viz Virginia Maryland Carolina Pennsylvania New York New Jersey New England

by Rob: Morden by Robert Morden, Christopher Brown, d.1703

$12,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A rare and important map of the American colonies, in the rare first state. This is in effect a propaganda map, compiled during the War of the League of Augsburg, or King William's War 1689-97 . Morden shows the English American colonies thrusting westward, at the expense of the rival French claims. In addition to the Midwest, much of Canada is shown as English. The English colonies along the Atlantic Seaboard are carefully delineated according to English sources, but

• Printing: first

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