Carte de la Louisiane, Maryland, Virginie, Caroline, Georgie, avec une partie de Floride.

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Engraved map of the Southeast and the Mississippi River by Jan Christian Sepp, with fine contemporary hand-coloring in outline and wash (Platemark: 16 3/4 x 23 1/4 in.; 42.6 x 59 cm. Sheet: 21 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.; 54.6 x 64.8 cm). BINDING/CONDITION: Floated on sturdy card stock and sealed in mylar. Short split in upper margin repaired, traces of binding stub along centerfold on verso. (65B1J) A CRISP IMPRESSION WITH WELL-PRESERVED CONTEMPORARY COLORING. Based on D'Anville's Canada Louisiane et Terres Angloises (1755), the map extends from St. Augustine in northern Florida to Delaware Bay and the southern tip of New Jersey and inland from the New Jersey coast to the Mississippi. It shows the Indian settlements between the Appalachians and the Mississippi. French Louisiane occupies the country west of the Appalachians while the disputed claims of Britain and Spain are shown in the region of Georgia and Florida. It also gives the Granville Line in North Carolina but not the division between North and South Carolina. PROVENANCE: Evelyn and Eric P. Newman (sale, Leslie Hindman, 12 November 2018, lot 56). REFERENCE: Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps, 316; Sellers and Van Ee 1386. N° de ref. del artículo 65ERM0012

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