American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents

Copper engraved map on two sheets joined, hand-colored in outline, visible 25 1/2 x 37 1/4 in. (Some toning, short tear near Baffin Bay, old creases.) Matted and framed. Third state as identified by Barry Lawrence Ruderman (second state listed in Stevens & Tree) with "By John Senex F. R. S. 1710". With Price & Maxwell's name deleted from the title, as seen in the first state. No imprint beneath the scales in the lower left, as seen in later states.

Considered one of the earliest and most accurate large-scale maps of North America produced in England. Senex incorporated information from recently published works including Delisle's Carte du Mexique et de la Floride and Carte de la Canada, himself improving upon this foundation with excellent depictions of the Great Lakes region and the lower Mississippi River and delta. Also includes Lahontan's mythical Long River, Terra Incognita beyond Baffin Bay, and some strange locations and rivers in west Texas. Stephens & Tree 61a*.