Henry Popple. Map of the British Empire in America. 1740. State_New York 7 x 10 ⅜ inches

7 x 10 ⅜ inches

Cross-stretchers supporting original compasses

and porcelain

A note along the southern coast explains that this coast was discovered by a Don Juan de Gama

Robert de Vaugondy produced some of the most detailed and scientifically accurate maps of their time

Henry Popple. Map of the British Empire in America. 1740. State_New York 7 x 10 ⅜ inchesPOPPLE, Henry (d. 1743). Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlements adjacent Thereto. London: sold by S. Harding and W. H. Toms, 1733 [but 1739 1740]. Folio (21 4 8 x 15 4 8 inches). Original RARE letterpress contents leaf (Brabinski State 1, with incorrect enumeration of sheet 13 as XII) laid down on the front paste down. Fine engraved folding "key" map with original hand colour in full (to neat line: 19 6 8 x 19 1 8