Theatrum belli in America Septentrionali

Containers:

Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section 1

Creator:

Rhode, Johann Christoph, 1713-1786 and Berger, Friedrich Gottlieb, 1713-

Extent:

1 Sheets

Scope and content:

Shows the east coast from the Gulf of the St. Lawrence to the Carolinas, and the interior as far west as the Mississippi Valley. Displayed here is the first state of the map, lacking the inset of Fort Frederick.

Language:

German .

Custodial history:

Client reference #168; WAG #289303; IL# 2020-IL-001-140

Clive A. Burden, 11 May 2012, (from Sotheby's New York for client).

Material specific details:

Scale [ca. 1:4,000,000]. Date of publication from Tooley, R.V. Tooley's Dict. of mapmakers. 1979. Prime meridian: [Ferro]. Relief shown pictorially. Lower left: Nord America I. Blatt ; Lower right: Nord America II. Blatt. Map in German. Title in Latin.

Physical description:

Missing margin top. Toning at edges

Physical facet:

1 map : hand colored

Dimensions:

55 x 78 cm

Other descriptive data:

Berlin : Academia Regia Scientiarum et Elegantium Litterarum, 1755

Subjects:

Maps (documents)

Names:

Rhode, Johann Christoph, 1713-1786
Berger, Friedrich Gottlieb, 1713-

Places:

North America

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