AN ANTIQUE MAP, "America Septentrionalis," NUREMBERG, 1756, hand color engraving on paper, Homann Heirs under direction of Johann Christoph (1703-1730), publishers, a mossy grotto form title cartouche reads, "a Domino d'Anville in Galliis edita nunc in Anglia, Coloniis in interiorem Virginiam deductis nec non fluvii ohio cursi acta notis geographicis et historias illustrata sumptibus homannionarum heredum, Noriberge, a. 1756," a lower paragraph gives a brief history in German about the English discovery and establishment of colonies from approximately 1497-1729, listing major native indigenous nations, while an upper paragraph details interventions and occupations of the French in the new world, showing the territories colored in yellow, red and green by Spanish, English and French occupation, overlaid with longitudinal and latitudinal lines and with one compass rose, plate: 18 3/4" x 20 3/4".