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| Keywords: 1788 Schraembl - Pownall Map of North America ^ the West Indies - Geographicus - NorthAmerica2-schraembl-1788.jpg A rare and extraordinary post-colonial wall map of North America by Vienna map publisher Franz Anton Schraembal Printed in 1788 for inclusion in Schraembal ™s Allgemeiner Grosser Atlas this is one of the first maps issued to depict North America following the American Revolutionary War While this map has been updated to reflect the surveys prepared under Massachusetts governor Thomas Pownall it is heavily based upon the important 1783 map of North America issued by Sayer and Bennet The whole is beautifully rendered with wonderful detail regarding the early states roads canals the Great Lakes American Indian Nations and explorer ™s observations Vermont is not present on the map Most of the southern states are without western boundaries but seem to extend only to the Appellation Mountain range In the upper left quadrant there is an inset of the Baffin and Hudson Bay region including some references to the explorations of Admiral De Fonte in search of a Northwest Passage as well as to the indigenous Eskimo tribes Another inset in the lower left quadrant shows the parts of California which Father Franz Kino walked between 1698 and 1701 Kino headed the historic expedition which proved California to be attached to the North American mainland and ultimately defeated the California as an Island theory Upper right quadrant features an elaborate title cartouche depicting a stylized American Indian woman and cherubs wrestling fish from the sea A second cartouche in the lower right quadrant features a key to the map A altogether magnificent map offering both stunning beauty and historic value 1788 dated Size in 45 25 39 object history credit line accession number NorthAmerica2-schraembl-1788 Schraembal F A <i>Allgemeiner Grosser Atlas</i> 1788 edition Geographicus-source PD-Art-100 1788 maps Old maps of North America Old maps of Central America Old maps of the Caribbean Maps by Franz Anton Schraembl Caribbean in the 1780s North America in the 1780s Maps of Baffin Bay Hudson Bay Maps in German Gulf of California | ||||
