Carte de la Partie de l'Amérique Septentrionale qui comprend les Possessions Anglaises
Cartographer / Artist: French School
Date Created: c. 1780
Medium: Copperplate engraving
Physical Dimensions: 7.94 × 7.4 inches
Geographic Scope: North America
Archive Catalog ID: fp4-img-1915
Provenance: The Dr. Joseph R. Rubini Archive
Collection: Canada
This fine late 18th-century French copperplate engraved map depicts the northern and eastern portions of North America, focusing on British territorial possessions post-1763. The cartography covers the Atlantic seaboard from Virginia and Pennsylvania north through New England, Quebec, Labrador, Newfoundland, Hudson Bay, and extending upward into Baffin Bay and Greenland. Major waterways, including the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes system (Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario), and the upper reaches of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, are clearly delineated with period nomenclature. The interior highlights regions noted as 'Pays inconnu' alongside early indigenous and colonial regional designations. Visual features include a neat rectangular title cartouche in the upper left corner and header text referencing its inclusion in a historical treatise ('Hist. Univ. Part. Mod. Tome 116 Page 134'). Prime meridian lines are calculated from both Ferro Island and Paris, and a distance scale of leagues is positioned in the lower right corner.
Condition: Light paper toning throughout with minor age spots and handling marks near the edges.. Strong, clear plate mark with original vertical folding crease as issued.. Pencil accession numbering written in the lower left blank margin.




