The Collection of Anne H. & Frederick Vogel III

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Lot 1116
  • 1116

A MAP OF THE PRESENT SEAT OF WAR ON THE BORDERS OF CANADA.1775

Estimate
2,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description

  • A Map of the Present Seat of War on the Borders of Canada. [For the Pennsylvania Magazine. Philadelphia, 1775].
Copperplate engraved map by Robert Aitken (420 x 162 mm).  Restoration to one edge outside of border, likely some fold reinforcement, but unspotted. Matted and framed.

Provenance

Kenneth Nebenzahl, Chicago, 2001;
Vogel Collection no. 698.

Catalogue Note

A cartographic rarity celebrating Ethan Allan's and Benedict Arnold's capture of British forts in Canada. It is the first map published in America to depict the Lake Champlain region.