Georgia Western Territory 1798 Yazoo Land Fraud map Upper Mississippi Land Co.

A Correct Map of Georgia Western Territory. (Upper Mississippi Company, Georgia Company, Mississippi Company & Tennessee Company).Issued 1798, London by C. Dilly. Engraved by J. Russell. The scarce London example, which was directly based upon the 1797 Boston plate but newly engraved in London making it a completely new variant of the American version..Scarce early copper engraved map with original outline hand coloring (note the thin "green verdigris" outlines showing on reverse of map which confirm the paint age oxidation). Yazoo Land Fraud map: Of historical note for early/ contemporaneous depicting of all four of the short-lived Land Company grant areas which were formed and sold as part of the infamous "Yazoo Land Fraud". If you want a quick, fascinating and morbidly hilarious read, google it and visit the website of New Georgia Encyclopedia. There they give a wonderful brief overview of the sequence of events which transpired around this event. Basically it was a group of (ah