Paris approx. 1790. Very rare, border-colored copper engraving map from approx. 1790. Sheet dimensions: approx. 43.5x48cm. -- with a restored missing part on the left edge, otherwise in good condition. || Very rare old colored map from c. 1790. Most likely very early state of the map by Louis Capitaine du Chesne (c.1749-1797) from La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt's Voyage dans les Etats Unis d'Amerique fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797, possibly a test/sample print. We assume the plate is the same as the one used for the published map, which suffered some changes before reaching its final state. Some of the differences noticeable on our map: - The title is different, shorter; - the scale of the map is missing on the lower part; - Okefenokee Swamp is not marked as a different landform; - The North and.
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