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English: A new map of North America, agreeable to the latest discoveries i.e. political map of North America from the 1817 edition of a 1777 book entitled The History of America : including the history of Virginia to the year 1688, and New England to the year 1652... edited by William Robertson and printed by Augustus Applegath and Henry Mitton. The map has been hand colored to indicate Spanish possessions in yellow, British ones in pink and the independent United States in blue. The author of the coloring ignored the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, and the Spanish cession of that territory to France in 1802.
Español: Mapa político de Norteamérica titulado A new map of North America, agreeable to the latest discoveries, de la edición de 1817 del libro de 1777 The History of America : including the history of Virginia to the year 1688, and New England to the year 1652... editado por William Robertson e impreso por Augustus Applegath y Henry Mitton, Se ha coloreado a mano el mapa para indicar las posesiones españolas en amarillo, las británicas en rosa y los Estados Unidos independientes en azul. El autor del coloreado ignoró la Compra de Luisiana ocurrida en 1803, así como la cesión de dicho territorio por España a Francia en 1802.
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Source Librairie Henri Godts, auction of 21st March 2017
Author William Robertson

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