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POPPLE, HENRY. A Map of the British Empire in America with the French, Spanish and the Dutch Settlements adjacent thereto. Double-page engraved map, 515x490 mm, wide margins; hand-colored in outline; nicely framed. Amsterdam: Covens and Mortier, 1741 or later [but circa 1755]
Babinski's second state of the Covens and Mortier issue of the key map published to accompany their 4-sheet production (i.e., 6 sheets including the two separate plates of the inset views), with the change in the title from "Hollandish" to "Dutch." First issued in 1733 in 20 sheets, Popple's map was the first large-scale printed map of North America. McCorkle 741.3; Cumming 231.
