A General Map of North America Drawn from the Best Surveys

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A General Map of North America Drawn from the Best Surveys printed for the author, J. Ridgway, H. D. Symonds and D. Holt, London, 1795.

Map was published in W. Winterbotham's "An Historical, Geographical, Commercial and Philosophical View of the American United States and the European Settlements in America and the West Indies". Map sheet measures 17 x 20 3/4 inches; neatline measurements are 14 5/8 x 18 1/2 inches. Previously folded. Scattered foxing. 2-inch closed tear into the Pacific Ocean along left margin. Very Good condition.

Uncolored General Map of North America Drawn from the Best Surveys as published in 1795 in Winterbotham's "An Historical, Geographical, Commercial and Philosophical View of the American United States....". Wonderful late 18th century map of the United States. Especially informative within the western portion of the map which includes a massive and unlabeled Great Salt Lake. The Canadian Rockies are the Stony Mountains, and the San Francisco Mission is noted at what is now San Francisco Bay north of Monterey.