1755 Partie de l'Amerique Septentrionale, qui comprend le Cours de l'Ohio...

Partie de l'Amerique Septentrionale, qui comprend le Cours de l'Ohio, la Nlle. Angleterre, la Nlle York, le New Jersey, la Pensylvanie, le Maryland la Virginie, la Caroline This is a fine example of an important and scarce first state map of Colonial America made during the second year of the French and Indian War. The map centers on the Appalachians and Ohio River Valley and extends from the Mississippi River to include the eastern seaboard from South Carolina to Maine.  Much of the cartographic information presented in this map was derived from Mitchell's 1755 map of British and French dominions in North America, which was used at the treaty of Paris in 1763 to determine geo-political boundaries of the United States of America and remaining British land claims in Canada. Since the map was produced during the French and Indian War, there is a wealth of detail around the locations and names of Native America villages. The Cherokee Nation is well represented throughout Carolina as are