CARTE PARTICULIERE DE L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE.

Dateca. 1737

Cartographer Henry Popple (d. 1743)

Publisher Jean Covens

Publisher Corneille Mortier

Engraver Johannes Condet (1711 - 1781)

OriginEurope, France, Paris

MediumBlack and white line engraving with period hand color on laid paper

DimensionsOH: 22 1/4" x OW: 23"; Plate H: 20 3/4" x W: 19 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1988-260

DescriptionThe key map from Popple's great map of the British Empire in America, an opening salvo in the cartographic battle leading up to the French and Indian War. Popple borrowed heavily from the famous Barnwell Ms. map of 1722 for placenames in the Southeast. This French edition is identical to the English, with the addition of a superscript title and an Amsterdam imprint.

The upper margin reads: "CARTE PARTICULIERE DE L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE."

The cartouche in the lower left corner reads: "A MAP/ of the BRITISH EMPIRE in/ AMERICA/ with the FRENCH, SPANISH/ and HOLLANDISH SETTLEMENTS/ adjacent thereto by Henry Popple/ at AMSTERDAM/ Printed for J. Covens and C. Mortier."

The text in the lower righ corner reads: "M.R POPPLE undertook this MAP with y.e Approba/ tion of the R.t Honourable the LORDS COMMISSION/ ERS of TRADE and PLANTATIONS; and great care/ has been taken by comparing all the Maps, Charts/ and Observations that could be found, Especially/ the Authentick Records and Actual Surveys trans/ mitted to their LORDSHIPS by y.e Governors of/ the British Plantations and others to correct y.e many/ Errors committed in former Maps, and the Original/ Drawing of this having been shewn to y.e Learned D.r/ EDM. HALLEY Professor of Astronomy in y.e Univer/ sity of Oxford and F.R.S. he was pleased to give/ his Opinion of it in the Words following./ I have seen the abovementioned Map, which/ as far as I am Judge, seems to have been laid/ down with great Accuracy, and to shew the Po/ seition of the different Provinces and Islands/ in that part of the Globe more truly than any/ yet Extant./ Edm. Halley."