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MEAD, BRADDOCK ("John Green"). Remarks, in Support of the New Chart of North and South America; in Six Sheets. London: Printed for Thomas Jefferys 1753. 4to, 239 x 198mm. (9 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.), later binding of contemporary blue paper wrappers, red sprinkled edges, some leaves spotted, laid in a sunken mount with the six-sheet chart, enclosed in a folding case, large folio, green buckram with green morocco gilt label . [ with ] [MEAD]. A Chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest Coasts of Europe. [London:] Published according to Act of Parliament Feb. 19.1753. by T. Jefferys. 6 sheets, atlas folio, each sheet with vertical central fold, sheets II and VI slightly larger and with an horizontal fold, the sheets apparently extracted from an atlas and numbered in contemporary ink 35 through 40, ample margins . Each sheet with its own title and engraved border, so designed for separate sale. Handcolored in outline, color key and other directions on printed slip pasted to Sheet VI. Sheet I [ top left ] Chart containing part of the Icy Sea with the adjacent Coast of Asia and America. Plate: 480 x 540mm. (18 7/8 x 21 5/16 in.). Sheet II [ top right ] Chart comprising Greenland with the Countries and Islands about Baffin's and Hudson's Bays. Plate: 563 x 625mm. (22 3/16 x 24 9/16 in.) Sheet III [ center left] Chart containing the Coasts of California, New Albion, and Russian Discoveries to the North; with the Peninsula of Kamchatka, in Asia, opposite thereto; and Islands, dispersed over the Pacific Ocean, to the North of the Line. Plate: 459 x 538mm. (18 1/8 x 21 3/16 in.) faintly browned . Sheet IV [ center right ] Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, with the British, French, & Spanish Settlements in North America, and the West Indies. Plate: 482 x 631mm. (19 x 24 13/16 in. ), faintly browned, tiny repair to 2-inch crack of lower platemark .