The United States of North America: Faden 1796

Title: The United States of North America Author: William Faden Date: 1796 Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good - age toning, foxing, wear along issued center fold Inches: 25 3/4 x 21 1/2 [Image] Centimeters: 65.41 x 54.61 [Image] Product ID: 233027 Map by English cartographer William Faden. Following leading cartographer Thomas Jefferys' 1766 bankruptcy, he partnered with Faden to continue publishing maps. Faden's map shows the United States as they appeared towards the end of the eighteenth century, and also includes much of eastern Canada. Longitude measured according to the London meridian. A legend explains the use of colored outlines to indicate territorial boundaries; Faden explains various cartographic discrepancies and territorial disputes between European powers, and inserts an annotation regarding Indigenous territory. This note, which paints Native-European relations in a positive light, reads: "The Whole of the Countries not actually s