"Part of the United States of North America", Stockdale, John

Subject: Eastern United States

Period: 1798 (dated)

Publication: Travels Through the States of North America

Color: Black & White

Size:

18.5 x 16.2 inches
47 x 41.1 cm

This map of the young United States is filled with great information on early development including roads and settlements. The map covers from the Province of Main through North Carolina with a large inset of South Carolina and Georgia. West of the Appalachians are the Western Territory and Kentucky. Mr. Weld's Route is delineated. The villages of "Christian Indians" are located by small icons.

A member of the Irish gentry, Isaac Weld traveled to North America as a young man in search of adventure. He visited the settled regions of the eastern seaboard and then ventured into the hinterland with the assistance of Indian guides. Weld's account of his travels is one of the earliest illustrated amateur travel accounts to be devoted to North America. It was very popular and went through several editions in English with translations into French, German, Italian, and Dutch.

See also lot 792 for Barbara McCorkle's New England in Early Printed Maps 1513 to 1800… that describes this map.

References: McCorkle #798.5.

Condition: A

Issued folding on a bright sheet of "1804" watermarked paper with a few faint spots.