1755 (1768) Robert De Vaugondy Large Antique 2nd edition Map of Colonial United States California It was the ancestral seat

It was the ancestral seat of the House of Mecklenburg

Surprisingly Blaeu did not publish a similar map for another two years

The strait was first carefully explored and thoroughly charted by Phillip Parker King

a draftsman of considerable skill who worked with Cook in Newfoundland

and the appointment was meant to free him from the labour of teaching and to facilitate his research

1755 (1768) Robert De Vaugondy Large Antique 2nd edition Map of Colonial United States California It was the ancestral seatTitle : Partie De L Amerique Septentrionale, qui Comprend Le Cours De L Ohio Par le Sr Robert de Vaugondy Date : 1755 (1768) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Ref: 93514 Size: 26in x 20 1 2in (660mm x 520mm) Description: This large original beautifully hand coloured, scarce 2nd edition antique map of the east coast of the United States, illustrating the course of the Ohio River and stretching from New England to the Carolinas, north to the Great Lakes