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MAP -- SAUTHIER, Claude J. A Chorographical Map of

MAP -- SAUTHIER, Claude J. A Chorographical Map of the Province of New-York in North America
London: William Faden, 1 January 1779. Engraved map, hand-colored, dissected into 36 sections and linen-backed (1890 x 1430 mm). Housed in a modern calf-backed slipcase. Condition: light staining; nicely restored with the linen renewed. The largest, most detailed and accurate map of New York published during the American Revolution. It is also notable for its mapping of Vermont, here labelled as the Green Mountains. Adams, British Headquarters Maps and Sketches Used by Sir Henry Clinton ... now preserved in the William L. Clements Library, 118; Cumming, British Maps of Colonial America, pp. 72-74; Phillips, A List of Maps of America, p.505; Sellers & Van Ee, Maps & Charts of North America and & West Indies 1750-1789, 1070.

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