* (MAP) SPEED, JOHN A Map of New England and New York. [London, 1676]. Double-page engraved map with hand-coloring from Speed's A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, (c. 1676). This map of the British colonies in North America is the first to show the name Boston, the first to use the term New York for both the city of Manhattan and the colony, and it is one of the first maps to show New Jersey. English text to verso. Framed in double-sided glass frame. Lightly toned; few brown spots. 16 3/4 x 22 1/4 inches visible. Estimate $ 2,000-4,000 Property from the Estate of John C. Stevens, Muscatine, Iowa Literature: Burden #455; McCorkle (New England) 676.6; Tooley (America) pp.290-91. Map darkened; light soiling to lower right edge.
* (MAP) SPEED, JOHN A Map of New England and New York. [London, 1676]. Double-page engraved map with hand-coloring from Speed's A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, (c. 1676). This map of the British colonies in North America is the first to show the name Boston, the first to use the term New York for both the city of Manhattan and the colony, and it is one of the first maps to show New Jersey. English text to verso. Framed in double-sided glass frame. Lightly toned; few brown spots. 16 3/4 x 22 1/4 inches visible. Estimate $ 2,000-4,000 Property from the Estate of John C. Stevens, Muscatine, Iowa Literature: Burden #455; McCorkle (New England) 676.6; Tooley (America) pp.290-91. Map darkened; light soiling to lower right edge.
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