Displayed here is the first French edition, first impression of Dr. John Mitchell's landmark map of North America. Available to a French audience during the French and Indian War (1754-1763), this map provided the most accurate depiction of interior North America available at the time. The map played an important role in treaty negotiations with foreign powers and Native Americans, and was referenced until after the Revolutionary War
| Creator | Mitchell, John, 1711-1768 |
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| Contributor | Le Rouge, Georges-Louis |
| Date | 1756 |
| Name on Item | par le docteur Mitchel. Traduit de l'Anglois à Paris par Le Rouge, ingr. géographe du roy. |
| Scale | Scale [ca. 1:2,020,000] |
| Language | French |
| Location | George Washington's Mount Vernon |
| Collection (local) | Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon |
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| Extent | 1 map on 8 sheets : hand col. ; 136 x 195 cm, sheets 76 x 55 cm. |
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