This pair of French maps illustrates the seat of war in America during the Revolution. Published at a time when French cartographers relied upon English maps for new information, Ambrose Perrier and Francois Verrier engraved these maps using John Mitchell's A Map of the British and French Dominions. Perrier and Verrier ordered copies of of English publisher Williams Faden's recent stock to produce their own North American maps for a French audience. Each sheet displayed here has its own title and decorative cartouche, however, when viewed together the maps tell a more complete story of the war
| Creator | Mitchell, John, 1711-1768 |
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| Contributor | Hôtel de Soubise (Paris, France) |
| Date | 1778 |
| Name on Item | traduite de l'anglois, de Michel à Paris a l'Hôtel de Soubise ; Partie méridionale des possessions angloise en Amérique : pour servire d'intelligence à la guerre présente, entre les Anglois et leurs colonies, dressée sur les meilleurs cartes du pays / traduite de l'anglois à Paris a l'Hôtel de Soubise. |
| Publisher | Hôtel de Soubise |
| Scale | Scale [ca. 1:2,100,000] |
| Language | English; French |
| Location | George Washington's Mount Vernon |
| Collection (local) | Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon |
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| Extent | 2 maps : hand col. ; map 104 x 146 cm., on sheets 51 x 72 cm. |
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