| Summary: | 18th century; Copper engraving handcolored with watercolor. Outline color. Relief shown pictorially. 1 map on 2 sheets. Printed in lower left corner in cartouche: "General Map of North America; In which is Express'd The several New Roads, Forts, Engagements, &c. taken from Actual Surveys and Observations Made in the Army employ'd there, from the year 1754, to 1761 Drawn by the late John Rocque, Topographer to His Majesty. Cartes Generales de L'Amerique Septentrionale; en les quelles font exprimis Les Nouvelles Routes, Forts, Battailles, &c. d'aprés les Observations qui ou eté faites depuis l'An 1754, jusqu'a l'An 1761 Recuellies par feu Jean Rocque, Toptgaphe [sic] de sa Majesté Britannique &c." Printed in lower left corner is a key explaining symbols used for forts, capital towns, villages, Indian Towns, new roads and engagements. Printed in bottom border: "Publishd Acording to Act. by M.A. Rocque in the Strand & A Dury in Dukes Court St. Martins Lane." Printed in upper right: "NB. This Map is divided according to his Majesty's Proclomation. ….English …French …Spanish …Indians." Contains notes throughout on various geographic locations, discoveries, hunting rights and land ownership for several Native American tribes. Contains compass rose in Atlantic Ocean north of the Bahamas. Depicts North America including the outline of southern Baffin's Bay, Hudson's Bay, Nova Scotia, New Foundland, New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, California, Florida, Louisiana, the Great Lakes and the Great Fishing Bank of New Foundland. Also depicts the West Indies and part of northern South America. Divides Mexico into Yucatan, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, New Biscay, Guaxaca, Panuo, and Tlascala. Of note, the far northwest portion of North America contains the note, "These Parts Are Intirely Unknown" and leaves this region blank. Depicts the "West Sea" and mythical kingdom of Quivira. Shows northern California as New Albion. Shows a large island near Strait of Juan de Fuca with description "This Part Little known." Shows outline of part of Alaska with note, "Lands discoverd by the Russians in 1741 But as they did not go on shore its not known whither they are Isles or Continent." Also includes route of Spanish Galleons in Gulf of Mexico. Includes location and land occupied by various tribes including the Eskimo, the Cherokee and the Choctows. Surrounding the cartouche is a forested scene with two natives in feathered skirts. Scale: ca. 1:9,000,000. [West 140 degrees-West 30 degrees / North 75 degrees-North 5 degrees]. John Rocque (fl. 1734-62) was a Huguenot who resettled in London. He was a surveyor, engraver and publisher. He was also the Topographer to the Prince of Wales. His most famous works include a large map of "London" in 24 sheets, "Bristol" (1750), "Dublin" (1756) and this map of North America (1761) (Moreland and Bannister, 169; Tooley, 544). Source(s): Moreland, Carl and David Bannister. "Antique Maps: A Collector's Handbook." New York: Longman Group, Ltd., 1983. New York Public Library Digital Gallery. "NYPL Digital Gallery | Detail ID 434911." Accessed 26 Mar 2009. Tooley, Ronald Vere. "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers." Hertfordshire: Map Collector Publications Limited, 1979.
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