1777 A New and Correct Map of North America, with the West India Islands, Divided according to the last Treaty of Peace...

This important map of North America (originally issued in 1755) was issued in 1777 just after the American Revolutionary War and is the first to include the revisions based upon the surveys of Governor George Pownall. As previously stated, the map first appeared as a separately issued work in 1755 by Bowen & Gibson. It was periodically updated to the time of the current example and beyond. It wasn't until 1775 that the map was bound into some of the most important American Atlases of its era, including those issued by Faden, Jefferys, and Sayer & Bennett. Throughout the top right quadrant of the map, Articles IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, XVII, XVIII are detailed, word for word. Within this same portion of the map, an elaborate title cartouche features three native figures resting among flora and fauna, including a beaver representing this most lucrative trade, which is referenced throughout the map. The map is loaded with details pertaining to native tribe locations, military fort