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POWNALL, Thomas (1722-1805). A Topographical Description of Such Parts of North America as are Contained in the (Annexed) Map of the Middle British Colonies in North America. London: for J. Almon, 1776.
The first edition of Pownall’s map, a significant revision to Lewis Evans’s map and analysis of 1755; with great detail added, including New England and bordering parts of Canada, as well as the route of Christopher Gist's 1750-1751 trek through the unexplored areas of Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio. The full text of Gist's journal is printed in Appendix VI of Pownall's Description. The explorations of Captain Harry Gordon in 1766, from Fort Pitt down the Ohio River into the Illinois territory, are also depicted, and an account of his journey appears in Pownall's Appendix IV with the narratives of others: Captain Anthony Von Schaik (1756), Captain Humphrey Hobbs (1756), and Lewis Evans (1743). Howes P-543; Sabin 64835; Streeter sale 2:826.
Folio (375 x 230mm). Large engraved folding map printed on two sheets (light toning). Half calf antique, contemporary marbled boards (mild rubbing and wear to extremities).
The first edition of Pownall’s map, a significant revision to Lewis Evans’s map and analysis of 1755; with great detail added, including New England and bordering parts of Canada, as well as the route of Christopher Gist's 1750-1751 trek through the unexplored areas of Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio. The full text of Gist's journal is printed in Appendix VI of Pownall's Description. The explorations of Captain Harry Gordon in 1766, from Fort Pitt down the Ohio River into the Illinois territory, are also depicted, and an account of his journey appears in Pownall's Appendix IV with the narratives of others: Captain Anthony Von Schaik (1756), Captain Humphrey Hobbs (1756), and Lewis Evans (1743). Howes P-543; Sabin 64835; Streeter sale 2:826.
Folio (375 x 230mm). Large engraved folding map printed on two sheets (light toning). Half calf antique, contemporary marbled boards (mild rubbing and wear to extremities).