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A Map of the Inhabited Part of Canada
William Faden, 1777
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A Map of the Inhabited Part of Canada
William Faden, 1777
FADEN, William (1749-1836), publisher. SAUTHIER, Claude Joseph (1736-1802), cartographer. A Map of the Inhabited Part of Canada from the French Surveys; with the Frontiers of New York and New England. London: William Faden, 25 February 1777.
First edition of this detailed map of the St. Lawrence River and northern New York, second state, with the added dedication to Major General John Burgoyne and the table of the quartering of English troops in Canada during the winter of 1776. It also marks the route of the unsuccessful American invasion of Canada in 1775 by Benedict Arnold. Nebenzahl, Printed Battle Plans of the American Revolution 43.
Engraved map on two joined sheets, hand-colored in outline and with cartouche hand-colored, 850 x 567mm (linen-backed, a couple of short edge-tears). Matted and framed. Provenance: Sotheby’s, 14 November 2002, lot 448.
William Faden, 1777
FADEN, William (1749-1836), publisher. SAUTHIER, Claude Joseph (1736-1802), cartographer. A Map of the Inhabited Part of Canada from the French Surveys; with the Frontiers of New York and New England. London: William Faden, 25 February 1777.
First edition of this detailed map of the St. Lawrence River and northern New York, second state, with the added dedication to Major General John Burgoyne and the table of the quartering of English troops in Canada during the winter of 1776. It also marks the route of the unsuccessful American invasion of Canada in 1775 by Benedict Arnold. Nebenzahl, Printed Battle Plans of the American Revolution 43.
Engraved map on two joined sheets, hand-colored in outline and with cartouche hand-colored, 850 x 567mm (linen-backed, a couple of short edge-tears). Matted and framed. Provenance: Sotheby’s, 14 November 2002, lot 448.
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