POPPLE HENRY [Key Map] A Map of the Britisch Empire in Ameri

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POPPLE, HENRY. [Key Map.] A Map of the Britisch Empire in America. / Nouvelle Carte Particulere de L'Amerique. Double-page engraved map of North America with figural title cartouche and many inset views and harbor plans. 20 3/4x19 1/2 inches sheet size, ample margins; original hand-color refreshed. London: Johann Conrad Back, 1756

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Rare imprint of the key to Henry Popple's important large-scale map of the colonial British Empire, first issued in 1733. The map was published in several European editions in the years following its appearance, and the present example of the key map shows a number of geographical revisions. Babinski, Henry Popple's 1733 map, Back Key State 2.