A MAP of the most INHABITED part of NEW ENGLAND...

by Braddock Mead a.k.a. John Green

$55,000 · Offered by Biblio

This is the exceedingly rare first state of one of the most significant and iconic American maps ever produced. It was one of the first large-format regional maps of America and was the most comprehensively researched and detailed map of contemporary New England. It is an excellent example, with strong margins and original outline color. This map is admired by collectors, curators, and experts alike for its historical importance and aesthetic qualities. It stands alongside two other fundamental maps published in 1755: John Mitchell's A Map of British and French Dominions in North America…, and A General Map of the Middle British Colonies, in America…, by Lewis Evans. Remarkably, some of the events depicted on the map were just one month old at the time of publication, demonstrating a dynamic era in which military reports and plans traveled from the American battlefield to eastern ports, across the Atlantic by ship, and on to London to be engraved with incredible speed. Census and Publication History This map was compiled by Braddock Mead (aka John Green) for engraver and publisher Thomas Jefferys. It was published in London on November 29th, 1755, as a separately issued engraving on four sheets. Events of the 1750s in North America occurred at such a rapid pace that a revised version soon was necessary, and a second state was published only four years after the first. While the differences in the two states may seem obscure, experts understand that they are an important refle

• Publisher: Thomas Jefferys
• Year: 1755
• Printing: first

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