1794 A New Map of the Whole Continent of America, Divided into North and South and West Indies...

A New Map of the Whole Continent of America, Divided into North and South and West Indies, wherein are exactly Described the United States of North America as well as the Several European Possessions according to the Preliminaries of Peace signed at Versailles Jan 20.1783. Compiled from Mr. d'Anville's Maps of that Continent, with the addition of the Spanish Discoveries in 1775 to the North of California & Corrected in the several Parts belonging to Great Britain, from the Original Materials of Governor Pownall, MP This is an important map of the Americas originally published by Sayer & Bennett, this example updated and published by Laurie & Whittle. Originally published on four sheets which have been joined, the map came about at an important time of international treaty and discovery.  Cartographic Myths Dispelled and Upheld The most recent information from George Vancouver's expeditions is presented in the Pacific Northwest as Puget Sound appears for the first time, eve