{"product_id":"lsc-1762-a-map-of-canada-and-the-north-part-of-louisiana-with-the-adjacent-countrys","title":"1762 A Map of Canada and the North Part of Louisiana with the Adjacent Countrys.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Thomas Jefferys\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1762 (dated) London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12.6 x 29.8 inches (32 x 75.7 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an exceedingly rare example of a remarkable map by Thomas Jefferys; published as a two-page joined map, one or the other of the pages is often missing. The map is one of very few to depict the continent from ocean to ocean, and from quite far north in Canada south to include much of what was designated as the Louisiana Territory. It is of great interest  topographical, including detailed information as to the names of indigenous peoples and their territories, the Great Lakes are well depicted, river systems delineated, cities, settlements and forts are named and a number of apocryphal features are included, both in the interior and on the west coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe map was published just as the French Indian War was coming to an end with the 1763 Treaty of Paris, which saw the French capitulating and forced to surrender all American territories to Britain and Spain. This loss resulted in England’s gaining enormous tracts of land, strengthening the crown’s hold on the continent. The Treaty ending the war for Europeans did not culminate in cessation of hostilities between the British and the many indigenous peoples who had sided with the French.  More subtle results also emerged, contributing to the determination of British colonies to break away from imperial control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThomas Jefferys ((1719 – 1771) was one of the leading English cartographers of his day, whose career was divided into three phases. Early on he was especially noted for his works of England as it industrialized, then in circa 1750 he began serious mapping of North America, at a particularly interesting time in history. A third phase of his career saw him mapping England in detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn completing his training and apprenticeship, Jeffreys rose rapidly in his profession. In 1746 at the age of 27 he already had his first royal appointment, being named as official geographer to the Prince of Wales. As stated, much of his work at this time was focused on depicting the industrialization of many of England’s major cities, particularly those of the midlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn or around 1750 Jeffreys moved to London and began collaborating with a number of well-established cartographers and publishers. Their focus was North America and a number of his maps rank among the finest of the era. These maps are scientific in style, and often encyclopedic in detail. They include some  of  the  most  important  eighteenth-century  maps  of the Americas, including Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson’s  1751  survey  of  Virginia,  engraved  and  published  in  1753;  John  Green’s  (i.e.,  Bradock  Mead’s)  A  Chart  of North and South America 1753; William Gerard De Brahm’s map of South Carolina (1757); James Cook’s A New Chart of the River St. Laurence (1760); and Joseph Blanchard  and  Samuel  Langdon’s map of New Hampshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe third phase of his career began in 1760 when he was named geographer to King George III. Jefferys’ ambition was to remap large tracts of English territory in order to produce more accurate cartographical representations the land. Surveyors were hired and much work was underway when he suddenly experienced bankruptcy. Despite it, thanks to friends and benefactors, he eventually did publish new maps and plans of six English counties as well as maps and plans of the waterways used to facilitate the transport of raw materials and manufactured goods as the Industrial Revolution gained speed and ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese last works of his played an important role in the understanding of the exploitation of natural resources and physical features of the land, and of the topographic changes and developments resulting from the mechanization of labor in England, just as the Industrial Revolution was accelerating processes of technical innovation which brought about development of myriad tools and processes which changed forever labor, production and resource use. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New World Cartographic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31954385928253,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0390\/9705\/products\/CanadaJefferys1762.jpg?v=1736981313","url":"https:\/\/nwcartographic.com\/products\/lsc-1762-a-map-of-canada-and-the-north-part-of-louisiana-with-the-adjacent-countrys","provider":"New World Cartographic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}