"Florida", Lucas, Fielding

Subject: Florida

Period: 1823 (circa)

Publication: A General Atlas Containing Distinct Maps of All the Known Countries in the World...

Color: Hand Color

Size:

9.5 x 11.8 inches
24.1 x 30 cm

This attractive map was issued around the time that the Florida Territory was officially established as a possession of the United States. Most of the settlements, including St. Augustine, are located in the northern part of the territory, while the southern portion of the peninsula, under Seminole control, is bereft of European presence. It depicts only four counties: Escambia, Jackson, Duval, and a massive St. Johns. Only a few wagon roads are shown in the north, while a long "Indian path across the Country" is shown crossing from Micanopy to the Atlantic Ocean. The map identifies "Cape Florida Settlement" near present-day Miami and locates an "Inundated Region called the Everglades." Lucas' General Atlas is known as one of the finest general atlases produced in the U.S. at the time, due to the high quality paper, superior engraving quality, and attractive coloring style. Engraved by B. Welch.

References: Phillips (Atlases) #742-76.

Condition: B+

Full contemporary color on a sheet with a "King" watermark. There is light toning, a light spot west of Cape Canaveral, and a dampstain in the bottom blank margin. Two short edge tears in the left blank margin have been closed with archival tape on verso.