The Theatre Of War in North America – Map First Published 1776

Description

Title : The Theatre Of War In North America with the Roads And A Table of the Distances

Publisher : originally produced by Robert Sayer & John Bennett; London 1776; this copy is a printed reproduction

Size: image 373 x 453mm; frame 51.7 x 58.5 cm

Image : Topographical map of the eastern seaboard of North America during the Revolutionary War of Independence

Additional Information : this image was originally the top part of a broadsheet. published in London in 1776. the remainder consisting of dense tracts of text entitled A Compendious Account of the British Colonies in North America; it was one of the earliest contemporary reports of the background to the growing conflict intended to provide a general overview for the benefit of the British public

The original achieves in excess of $10.000