Nova Anglia Septentrionali Americae implantata Anglorumque coloniis florentissima

by Johann Baptist Homann

$1,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A fine example of one of the eighteenth-century's most decorative maps of New England and New York. This very fine map, in magnificent full original colour, focuses on New England, but embraces the entire territory from Philadelphia in the south up to the St. Lawrence Valley in the north. It depicts the region as it was considered before the British government commissioned advanced surveys of the subject. The geographic portrayal of the coast of New England is quite detailed,

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