May 27, 2020 Founders & Patriots
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/27/2020
Thomas Kitchin. "A New and Accurate Map of the British Dominions in America, According to the Treaty of 1763; Divided into the Several Provinces and Jurisdictions..." London: [1766]. Approximately 21 x 24 inches (view--not examined outside of the frame). Copperplate engraved map with original color outline & cartouche. This rare historical map illustrates the British colonies after the Treaty of Paris and at the conclusion of the French and Indian War in America. The treaty ended French colonial ambitions in North America with minor exceptions. As a result, Spain ceded East and West Florida to Great Britain, France relinquished the title to the Louisiana Territory to Spain, and the Mississippi River was established as the British-Spanish Boundary. The map reflects the claims of the southern colonies that their charters extended to the Mississippi River, including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Also of interest are the names and locations of many Indian tribes and nations located away from the more populated areas of English settlements. The map extends west well past the Mississippi River to include portions of Texas, labeled "Part of New Mexico and Country of the Cenis." The Mississippi River ends abruptly in the area of present-day Minnesota, with the notation "Parts Undiscover'd to the north" and a note further south along the Mississippi states that "thus far the Mississipi has been ascended." Additional notations appear just north of the Missouri River - "Extensive Meadows full of Buffaloes" - and just south of the river - "Country full of Mines." CONDITION: moderate toning and light creasing at folds. JLK
Illustrated and discussed on p. 15 of "For Liberty I Live."