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Jean-Baptiste Crepy: Carte Generale De L'Amerique Septentrionale Avec les possessions Angloies dans cette partie du nouveau monde, Dressee sur la carte de Pople, publiee a Londres en 20 fuilles, pour servir a l'intelligence de la guerre presente.
Title: Carte Generale De L'Amerique Septentrionale Avec les possessions Angloies dans cette partie du nouveau monde, Dressee sur la carte de Pople, publiee a Londres en 20 fuilles, pour servir a l'intelligence de la guerre presente. Map Maker: Jean-Baptiste Crepy
Description: Nice example of Crepy's edition of Henry Popple's Key Sheet to his 20 sheet map of North America, one of two most important general maps of North America issued during the 18th Century. Henry Popple worked with the Board of Trade & Plantations in 1727, during a period when boundary disputes in the colonies began to accelerate the need for detailed maps. In 1730, the Board began requesting detailed maps of the entirety of the provinces and contiguous French and Spanish Dominions. Popple issued an announcement for the map in 1731, but did not complete work until 1733. The map was not a commercial success and did not sell well until after William Henry Toms and Samuel Harding took over publication in 1739. With the outbreak of the War of Jenkin's Ear, the map saw its commercial successes soar. In 1746, the rights to the map passed to Willdey and Austen, who published it until Austen's death in 1750. The edition offered was copied from the Le Rouge edition of Popple's map, and includes the and 18 Harbor Plans and Island maps from Popple's original. This edition wa published during the French & Indian War.
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