Popple/Covens and Mortier. A Map of the British Empire in America with the French, Spanish and the Dutch Settlements adjacent thereto by Henry Popple. [Lower two sheets of four including the key sheet, and the West Indies sheet]. (Amsterdam: ca. 1737-42). Second state. Copperplate engraving with original outline color. Separate sheets as issued, each with its own title and measuring 22 ½ x 20 3/4 to neatline; sheet: 25 ¾ x 22 3/8. Key sheet chipped at upper right corner & 2 repairs on verso.
$6,300.00
Covens & Mortier edition of the Popple Key Sheet: This map is one of four sheets by Popple that depict the geography, settlements, and political borders in mid-eighteenth-century North America and South America. This sheet shows southern Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, Mexico, Yucatan, Guatimala, Darien [Panama], and most of Cuba. Superbly engraved with extensive shipping and title cartouche.
Henry Popple worked with the Board of Trade & Plantations in 1727, during a period when boundary disputes in the colonies began to accelerate the need for detailed maps. In 1730, the Board began requesting detailed maps of the entirety of the provinces and contiguous French and Spanish Dominions. Popple issued an announcement for the map in 1731 but did not complete work until 1733.
The West Indies sheet is titled Nouvelle Carte Particuliere de L’Amerique ou sont exactement marquees les Iles de Bermude la Iamaique, Saint Domingue, les Antilles, la Terre Ferme, & c. (New Particular Map of America where the Islands of Bermuda, Yamaique, Saint Domingue, the Antilles, the Mainland, &c. are exactly marked.
The map remains the first large-scale British map of America. It is the most important map of the Colonies to date and an essential map for collectors.
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