Engraved map on two sheets (4 sheets joined), colored in outline. 43x86 cm (16¾x33¾") (top sheet); 40x86 cm (15¾x33¾") (bottom sheet).

Inset of Hudson's and Baffin's Bays. The main map extends E-W from Newfoundland to Gulf of California, and N-S from James Bay to Panama. Scale is about one inch to 96 miles.  This is the fifth issue, 1761. Where changes were made, faint traces of the original engravings are apparent.

Further Notes from the Files of Warren Heckrotte

Full title: Amérique Septentrionale Publiée Sous Les Auspices De Monseigneur Le Duc d'Orleans Prémier Prince Du Sang Par Le Sr. D'Anville MDCCXLVI  avec Privelege | A Paris chez l'Auteur, aux Galerie du Louvre | Gravé par Guill. Delahaye | Echelle (seven linear scales) | (next to cartouche) Du Dessein du Sr. Gravelot frere de l'Auteur Gravé par le Sr. Major

Watermark: Dupuy Dovecote but Dovecoat form not in Heawood.

Provenance: Sotheby's, '68

Barbie de Bocage lists 5 issues : 1) 1746. 2) 1750. Changes in the positions of the islands Santa Catalina, St.Andres, and Albuquerque in the Gulf of Mexico; and in the position of the Tortugos at the tip of Florida. In the inset, the north coast of Hudson Bay was changed according to Ellis (1747). 3) 1756. The course of the Ohio was redrawn according to his large map of Canada---. 4). 1759. The coast of Acadie was redrawn according to the voyage of Chabert; the environs of Cape Catoche in the Yucatan was redrawn. 5). 1761. The Islands of Socorro and Passion were added in the Pacific.