Mark Babinski
Edited by Matthew H. Edney
Analysis of the Map's States and its Derivatives
This analysis describes the different states of:
- Popple's 20-sheet map (1733-c.1746)
- Popple's single-sheet key map (1733-c.1777)
- Le Rouge's single-sheet key map (1742-c.1763)
- Covens & Mortier's 4-sheet map (1741-1755)
- Covens & Mortier's single-sheet key map (1741-c.1742)
- Back single-sheet key map (1755-1756)
- Probst single-sheet key map (1782)
The results of this analysis are presented graphically as two
chronological sequences, one for the twenty-sheet and four-sheet
maps and the other for the key maps.
Like 20-SHEET STATE 1 but the imprint on Sheet 20 is "London Engrav'd by Will.m Henry Toms" without Richard William Seale's name and without date.
LOCATION: none.
Title in cartouche on Sheet 17: "A MAP || of the BRITISH EMPIRE in || AMERICA || with the FRENCH and SPANISH || SETTLEMENTS adjacent thereto. || by Henry Popple. || C. Lempriere inv. & del. B. Baron sculp." Dedication on Sheet 15: "To the QUEEN's MOST || EXCELLENT MAJESTY || This MAP is most humbly || Inscribed by || Your MAJESTY's || most Dutiful, most || Obedient, and most || Humble Servant || Henry Popple." Dr. Edmund Halley's approbation on Sheet 20. When joined: approx. 2401mm height by 2335mm width. No engraved sheet numbers in upper right corner of any sheet. No engraved "1" in upper left corner of Sheet 1. No manuscript annotations in the ocean off Delaware Bay on Sheet 6. Sheet 10 shows Georgia with "Ocone River" as the northern fork of the Alatamaha River; the name "GEORGIA" is below and parallel to the name "CAROLINA". The outlet of the Alatamaha River is labeled far into the ocean "R. Alatamaha or S.t George's R. now R. May." "GLANVILLE COUNTY" is shown south of Coleton County. No annotation off the east coast of Florida regarding the South Carolina boundary. Sheet 17 has no imprint below border. Sheet 20 has engraved imprint, below border neatline, at bottom right: "London Engrav'd by Will.m Henry Toms & R.W. Seale". No engraved date.
Watermarks: "IV", "HONIG", fleur-de-lis with "4+", fleur-de-lis with "WR". For sheet and view sizes see note 38.
LOCATION: Newberry Library. See census.
Like 20-SHEET STATE 1 except: The date of 1733 is added to the engraved imprint on sheet 20. The imprint now states: "London Engrav'd by Will.m Henry Toms & R.W. Seale, 1733." No manuscript annotations in the ocean off Delaware Bay on Sheet 6. No annotation off the east coast of Florida on Sheet 10 regarding the South Carolina boundary.
Watermarks: "IV", "HONIG", fleur-de-lis with "4+", fleur-de-lis with "WR".
LOCATIONS: Harvard University, National Archives of Canada. See census.
Like 20-SHEET STATE 2a except: On Sheet 6, off the New Jersey coast, there are two contemporary engraver's manuscript annotations, at the entrance to Delaware Bay - "Cape May" and "Cape Hinlopen".
Watermarks: "IV", "HONIG", fleur-de-lis with "4+", fleur-de-lis with "WR".
LOCATIONS: New York Public Library, National Archives of Canada. See census.
Like 20-SHEET STATE 2b except: On Sheet 10, off the east coast of Florida, there is a contemporary engraver's manuscript annotation - "The Southward Boundary of Carolina" - like the one appearing on copies of 20-SHEET STATE 3c.
LOCATION: none.
Like 20-SHEET STATE 2a except: Sheet 10 has a paste-on section, covering a part of Georgia (irregular in shape, with paper size of about 5" x 8"). "Ocone River" is still the northern fork of the Alatamaha River. The name "GEORGIA" is in smaller letters than in States 1 & 2 and is not parallel to but intersects with the name "CAROLINA". "Yamasee Indians" has replaced the name of "GLANVILLE COUNTY". "Savannah Town" appears for the first time and numerous other new place names are shown in its vicinity. There is no dotted trail connecting Fort Argyle to Combahee River. On the paste-on: the outlet of the "Alatamaha River" is now so labeled; the outlet of "Savannah River" is now so labeled but the river name does not appear inland. There are no engraver's manuscript annotations in the ocean off Delaware Bay on Sheet 6 or off the east coast of Florida on Sheet 10. Engraved title banner, printed from separate plates [note 39] and pasted above top border (only on copies of STATES 3a, 3c), contains text "AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALIS."
Watermarks not verified because all located copies are on linen, probably the same as on STATES 1, 2a, 2b, 4a, 4b.
LOCATIONS: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Public Record Office. See census.
Like 20-SHEET STATE 3a except: on Sheet 6, off the New Jersey coast, there are two contemporary engraver's manuscript annotations, at the entrance to Delaware Bay - "Cape May" and "Cape Hinlopen". No manuscript annotations, regarding Boundary of Carolina, on Sheet 10.
LOCATION: none.
Like 20-SHEET STATE 3b except: On Sheet 10, off the east coast of Florida, there is a contemporary engraver's manuscript annotation - "The Southward Boundary of Carolina". Engraver's manuscript annotations off Delaware Bay on Sheet 6 are present. Engraved title banner, printed from separate plates [see note 39] and pasted above top border (only on copies of STATES 3a, 3c), contains text "AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALIS."
Watermarks not verified because all located copies are on linen, probably the same as on STATES 1, 2a, 2b, 4a, 4b.
LOCATIONS: American Philosophical Society, Dietrich American Foundation (presently on loan at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NewYork). See census.
Like 20-SHEET STATE 3c except: No Georgia paste-on. Sheet 10 has been re-engraved to avoid the necessity of using the paste-on over Georgia. Ocone River has been removed and is replaced by a range of mountains. A new unnamed southern fork of the Alatamaha River is added, joining where Ocone River previously connected from the north in States 1, 2 & 3. Savannah town is now named "Savannah To." Inland, where in States 1 & 2 the name "Savana R." was present (close to "Savana F."), the name "Savannah R." now appears. A dotted trail, not present in State 3, connects Fort Argyle to Combahee River. Along the 29th parallel off the east coast of Florida an engraved annotation now states: "The Southern Bounds of CAROLINA, by the last Charter". Engraver's manuscript annotations on Sheet 6, at the entrance to Delaware Bay, are still present.
Watermarks: "IV", "HONIG", fleur-de-lis with "4+", fleur-de-lis with "WR".
LOCATIONS: many. See census.
(Cumming & Wallis (1972), "state 1")
Like 20-SHEET STATE 4a except: Engraver's contemporary manuscript annotations on Sheet 6, at the entrance to Delaware Bay, are not present.
Watermarks: "IV", "HONIG", fleur-de-lis with "4+", fleur-de-lis with "WR".
LOCATIONS: many. See census.
Like 20-SHEET STATE 4b except: Sheet 1 has now a "1" enumeration engraved in the upper left corner just above the intersection of the outer neatlines. No other sheet is so enumerated. There are no sheet numbers in the upper right corners of any of the 20 sheets.
Watermarks: "IV", fleur-de-lis with "4+", fleur-de-lis with "WR", "IVILLEDARY" & "IHS", fleur-de-lis with "LVG".
LOCATION: University of Kansas. See census.
Like 20-SHEET STATE 4c except: The engraved text "& R.W. Seale," has been removed from the imprint on Sheet 20. The imprint now states: "London Engrav'd by Will.m Henry Toms 1733." The "1" in the upper left corner of Sheet 1 continues to be present.
Watermarks: none.
LOCATIONS: many. See census.
Like 20-SHEET STATE 5 except: Engraved sheet numbers have been added in the upper right corners of each of the 20 sheets - but not exactly in the same position on each sheet. The "1" in the upper left corner of Sheet 1 continues to be present.
Watermarks: none.
LOCATIONS: many. See census.
(Cumming & Wallis (1972), "state 2")
Like 20-SHEET STATE 6 except: Sheet 17 has an imprint added below the bottom border neatline on the left - "Sold by S: Harding on the Pavement in S.t Martins Lane, and by W.H. Toms Engraver in Union Court near Hatton Garden Holborn." This text is immediately followed on the right by engraved pricing:
Price in Sheets
Bound
On Rollers & Colour'd
1: 11: 6
1: 16: 6
2: 12: 6
LOCATIONS: many. See census.
(Cumming & Wallis (1972), "state 3")
Like 20-SHEET STATE 7 except: The imprint on Sheet 17, below the border at bottom left, has been changed to: "Sold at Stephen Austen's BookSeller in Newgate Street & by Tho.s Willdey at the great Toy Shop in S.t Paul's Church Yard London." This text is followed on the right by exactly the same 3 lines of pricing as in 20-SHEET STATE 7.
Watermarks: "IV", fleur-de-lis with "4+".
LOCATIONS: many. See census.
(Cumming & Wallis (1972), "key state 1")
Map size: 495mm height by 488mm width, between outer border neatlines. Title above top borderline: "AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALIS." Title in cartouche at bottom left: "A MAP || of the BRITISH EMPIRE in || AMERICA || with the FRENCH and SPANISH || SETTLEMENTS adjacent thereto || by Hen. Popple." No imprint below the border at bottom left. Imprint below the border at bottom right: "W. H. Toms Sculp." The course of the Spanish Galleons is not present. Cape May and Cape Hinlopen are not named off Delaware Bay. The configuration of rivers in Georgia corresponds to the configuration on States 4 and later of the large 20-sheet map. The name "GEORGIA" is not parallel to the text "SOUTH CAROLINA". The text of the dedication, off the island of Antigua, within a framed border with the British crown coat-of-arms is "To the QUEEN's most EXCELLENT MAJESTY ... ", identical to the one on the large map. Dr. Edmund Halley's approbation in bottom-right corner is similar to the one on the large map but with slightly different wording. The 17 small insets of islands and ports along the right border of the map contain only the inset names but no additional place names. For example, the "New York" inset lacks the place-names of Staten Island, Long Island, New York City and Sandy Hook.
LOCATIONS: see census.
(Cumming & Wallis (1972), "key state 2a")
Like POPPLE KEY STATE 1 except: An imprint has been added below the border at bottom left: "Sold by the Proprietors S:Harding on the Pavement in S.t Martins Lane, and W. H. Toms Engraver in Union Court near Hatton Garden Holborn. Price 2 shill.s ". This imprint uses words " the Proprietors " which do not appear in the imprint on Sheet 17 of State 7 of the large map. On some fully colored copies of this Key map the engraved price of 2 shillings is followed by contemporary manuscript text: "Colour'd 3s".
LOCATIONS: see census.
Like POPPLE KEY STATE 2 except: Within the map numerous place names have been added in the Caribbean, North and South America, and within 14 of the 17 inset maps. NEW PLACE-NAMES: near VERA CRUX - I. St Juan de Lua, Sacrifice I.; TABASCO - Logwood Creeks; YUCATAN - Valladolid; GUATIMALA - St. Salvador; HONDURAS - Carthago B.; NICARAGUA - St. Leon, Granada; COSTA RICA - Nicoya, St. Lucar, Conception; PANAMA - Trinidad; near CARTAGENA - F. Boccachica; NUEVA GRANADA - St. Martha; VENEZUELA - Truxillo (2nd), Carracos, La Gularo; NUEVA ANDALUZIA - Comana; LEEWARD ISLANDS - Virgin Is., St. Thomas; HISPANIOLA - C. del Engano, P. Plata, St. Louis, Cul de Sac de Lea[...], Petit Goavens ?, C. Tiberon, F. St. Louis, Alta Vela, Fort Escondido; CUBA - B. Matances, S. Crux, P. Cavanos, B. Honda, C. Bonavista, P. Colorado.; DELAWARE BAY - C. Hinlopen, C. May; LONG ISLAND - S. Hamton; RHODE ISLAND - Black I.; CAPE COD - Martha's Vinyard, Nantucket I.; NEWFOUNDLAND - C. Broyle, B. Bulls, S. Johns H. WITHIN INSET MAPS - all, except S. JAGO, PROVIDENCE, S. AUGUSTINE, have additional place-names: some only one, like CARTAGENE - Bocca Chica, or BOSTON - Boston; some up to four like NEW YORK - Staten I., Sandy Hook, New York, Part of Long I., or PORT ROYAL IN MARTINICA - Cul de Sac Royal, Fort Royal, Ramieres I., Flemish Bay. Along the north bank of the St. Lawrence River the word "CANADA" appears now and intersect with the city name "QUEBEC". On some fully colored copies of this Key map the engraved price of 2 shillings is followed by contemporary manuscript text: " Colour'd 3s".
LOCATIONS: see census.
(Cumming & Wallis (1972), "key state 2b")
Like POPPLE KEY STATE 3 except: Along the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, between the shore and the 6 engraved ships (intersecting with the northernmost ship), a dotted line is added between Vera Crux and Havana, with the following text along the line: "The course of the Spanish Galeons from Vera Crux to the Havana to avoid the Trade Winds."
LOCATIONS: see census.
Like POPPLE KEY STATE 4 except: The imprint below the border at bottom left has been changed to: "Sold at Stephen Austen's Book Seller in Newgate Street & by Tho.s Willdey at the great Toy Shop in S.t Pauls Church Yard London. Price 2 shillings."
LOCATIONS: see census.
Like POPPLE KEY STATE 5 except: The dedication, within the framed border, is changed to state: "To the KING's most EXCELLENT MAJESTY ... ". The imprint below the border, at bottom left, is removed. The imprint "W.H.Toms Sculp.", at bottom right, below border, is still present.
LOCATIONS: American Geographical Society, LC.
Like POPPLE KEY STATE 6 except: An additional new imprint appears now below the bottom border, close to the center, stating: "Printed and Sold by D. Steel Bookseller lower end Minories Little Tower Hill 1775."
LOCATION: National Archives of Canada (photocopy only).
Like POPPLE KEY STATE 7 except: The title of the map "AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALIS" and the title's background banner/ribbon have been removed and replaced with a new title - "NORTH AMERICA" (with larger characters) on a plain background. Small parts of the old banner/ribbon are still visible. On the right of the new title, above the map's top neatline, a price in cursive writing is engraved:
Like POPPLE KEY STATE 8 except: David Steel's imprint below the bottom border has been removed. The imprint "W.H.Toms Sculp." below the bottom border at right is still present.
LOCATION: Library of Congress.
Size: 500mm high by 485mm wide within outermost neatline. This is a copy of POPPLE KEY STATE 4 but without the 4 views of Niagara Falls, Mexico City, Quebec and New York. The two upper left corner views are replaced with empty space. The upper right corner views are replaced by a legend under heading "RENVOY". Only one engraved ship in the Golfe du Mexique, no framed border dedication to Queen, no Edmund Halley approval, no naval battle scene off Cartagena. No imprint below border at bottom left. Two longitude scales shown: one with prime meridian at Paris, the other at London. Title at top: "AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE || Suivant la Carte de Pople [sic] faite à Londres en 20 feuilles". Title is between the top two border neatlines. Most, if not all place names within the map have been translated into French. The dotted-line boundaries in New England (Maine, Connecticut, etc) are engraved on the map but not the boundaries of Pennsylvania or Virginia. The Southern Boundary of CAROLINA by the last Charter (or - Southward Bounds of CAROLINA) is not engraved in the ocean area off the east coast of Florida. Gridlines to indicate correspondence to sheets of the large 20-sheet British map are present but without sheet numbers (1 thru 20). Outline coloring shows Georgia and the Carolinas being a part of the French possessions. Track of Spanish Galleons is labeled: "Route des Gallions de la Vera-Crux à la Havanne". New Orleans is not shown or named. Title in cartouche at bottom left: "Á PARIS Par et Chez Le S.r le ROUGE Ingenieur Géographe du ROY rüe des grands Augustins vis-a-vis le panier fleurÿ avec Privilege du ROY 1742."
LOCATIONS: (1) Yale, Sterling Library - as a separate map. (2) Library of Congress - in Le Rouge's Atlas (Collection of Maps of all parts of the world, 1741-1747) with no title page, Call No. G1015 .L45 1747 Cage. (3) New York State Library, Albany.
Like Le ROUGE KEY STATE 1 except that place-name "Nouv:lle Orleans" (Yale copy), "Nouvel Orleans" (LC copy) and symbol designating this town are present in contemporary manuscript.
LOCATIONS: In Le Rouge's Atlas Recueil Contenant des Cartes Nouvelles, at: (1) Yale University, Call No.: 1981 Folio 20; (2) Library of Congress, Call No. G1015 .L452 1748 Cage (listed under title - Collection of Maps of all parts of the World, 1741-1748).
Like Le ROUGE KEY STATE 1b except that the place-name "Nouvelle Orleans" is now engraved.
LOCATIONS: Virginia Historical Society, NYPL.
Like Le ROUGE KEY STATE 2 (from the same plate) except: Title at top now states: "CARTE GÉNÉRALE DE L'AMÉRIQUE SÉPTETRIONALE Avec les posséssions Angloises dans cette partie du nouveau monde, Dressée sur la carte de Pople [sic], publiée à Londres en 20. feuilles, pour servir à l'intelligence de la guerre présente." For part of title see Fig. 16½ bis. Title in cartouche at bottom left: "Á PARIS Chez Crepy rue S.t Jacques à S.t Pierre près la rue de la Parcheminerie." Compared with Le Rouge Key State 2 there is a minor change in the spelling of text under the "RENVOY" legend in upper right corner.
Watermark: Similar to Churchill (1935, No. 514), with countermark "T DUPVY FYN || AUVERGNE 1742".
LOCATIONS: Virginia Historical Society, NYPL, Yale-Sterling Library Map Collection.
Map on 4 sheets. Each sheet has a complete border to make it stand as a separate map if not joined together. Size of each sheet, between outermost neatlines (without title above top border): 565mm height by 521mm width. Size when joined, between outermost neatlines of a single common border: 1106mm height by 1016mm width. This is a copy of Popple's 20-sheet map STATE 7 (but could be a copy of STATE 4, 5 or 6) and not a copy of his Key Map, as evidenced by place-names found only on the larger map. English place-names preserved. Sheets have different lengthy 2-line titles above the top border but on all four sheets the titles start with the words: "NOUVELLE CARTE PARTICULIÈRE DE L'AMÉRIQUE OU SONT EXACTEMENT MARQUÉES ... " continued on: (1) the NW sheet - "[...] une PARTIE de la BAYE D'HUDSON, le PAYS des KILISTINONS, la SOURCE de la GRANDE RIVIÈRE de MISSISSIPI, le PAYS des ILLINOIS &c." (imprint below border: "I.K.s."); (2) the NE sheet - "[...] la Nouvelle BRETAGNE, le CANADA ou Nouvelle FRANCE, la Nouvelle ECOSSE, la Nouvelle ANGLETERRE, la Nouvelle YORK, la PENSILVANIE, MARY-LAND, la CAROLINE Septentrionale l'Ile de TERRE NEUVE, le GRAND BANC &c." (imprint below border: "I. Condet s."); (3) the SW sheet - "[...] les PROVINCES SUIVANTES comme la CAROLINE MERIDIONALE, la FLORIDE, la LOUISIANE, le MEXIQUE, le JUCATAN, le GUATIMALA, le DARIEN, & une Partie de CUBA." (no imprint below border); (4) the SE sheet - "[...] LES ILES DE BERMUDE, LA IAMAIQUE, SAINT DOMINGUE, LES ANTILLES, LA TERRE FERME, &c." (imprint below border: "J. Condet s."). Title in cartouche at bottom left of the South-West sheet is with the first names of the publishers spelled in full - "A MAP || of the BRITISH EMPIRE in || AMERICA || with the FRENCH, SPANISH || and HOLLANDISH SETTLEMENTS || adjacent thereto by Henry Popple. || at AMSTERDAM|| Printed for IOHN CÓVENS and CORNELIUS MORTIER." Edmund Halley's approbation is placed in a cartouche in the upper left corner of the North-West sheet. The framed-border dedication to the Queen with the British Crown coat-of-arms is not present. Wager's naval battle scene off Cartagena is shown with no explanatory text. In atlases this map is always found paired with C&M Key State 1. In Delisle's Atlas Nouveau (Koeman 1969, C&M 6, early editions; Phillips 1909, No. 596).
LOCATIONS: Harvard, U. Virginia.
Like C&M 4-SHEET STATE 1 except: word "HOLLANDISH" in title cartouche at bottom-left of SW sheet is replaced by words "the DUTCH". In atlases this map is always found paired with C&M Key State 2. Found in Delisle's Atlas Nouveau (Koeman 1969, C&M 6, later editions, and C&M 7).
LOCATIONS: JCB, NYPL, LC.
Like C&M 4-SHEET STATE 3b except: the place-name"Little Meadows", crossed-swords battlefield symbol, the date of "9 July 1755", and possibly also the place-names "Ft. Cumberland" and "Ft. du Quesne" do not appear in this State.
LOCATIONS: none.
Like C&M 4-SHEET STATE 2 except: on the North-West sheet three new annotations appear - "Little Meadows", "9 July 1755" and a symbol of two crossed swords to designate the place where the Battle of the Wilderness took place on that date. Related new place-names "Ft. Cumberland" and "Ft. du Quesne" appear. There are major geographical differences on two sheets and a new place-name on a third sheet, compared to prior States 1 & 2. The NORTH-WEST sheet has Ohio River, Lake Erie, and parts of Lake Ontario redrawn. The course of the Oubach River is changed and now it is named Wabache River. The course of the river Hogohegee is changed. New rivers flowing into the Ohio River from the south are added. Lake Erie is now named LAKE ERIE or OKSWEGO, Lake Ontario is now named LAKE ONTARIO or CATARAKUI. A number of new place-names appear, like "F.t Toronto" on the north-west shore of Lake Ontario or "Pickawillany" south-west of Lake Erie. The annotation regarding the height of Niagara Falls is changed from 600 feet to 140 feet and a new place name, "Storehouse", is added nearby. Two new, unnamed, forts appear between Ohio River and Lake Erie (north of Venango) on the east end with the annotation: "The Forts lately usurp. by the French". The NORTH-EAST sheet has the eastern end of Lake Ontario extended further south and east than on the two previous States. Where in the previous two States, south of Lake Ontario, there was an annotation "The Country of the Five Nations of Indians called the Iroquois" now there is an annotation "Sources of the Ohio according to the Indians". New place-names: "F.t Crown Point" on Lake Champlain; "C. May" off Delaware Bay (but not Cape Hinlopen); "Marthaas Vyngaarden" south of Cape Cod. The SOUTH-WEST sheet shows place-name "N. Orleans" in Louisiana, not present on the previous two States. Title in cartouche at bottom-left remains the same as in C&M 4-SHEET STATE 2. The imprints below borders on all sheets are the same as in States 1 and 2. In atlases this map is always found paired with C&M Key State 2. Found in editions of DeIisle's Atlas Nouveau, 1755 or later (Koeman 1969, C&M 8).
LOCATIONS: NEWBERRY, NYPL (4 sheets on muslin), Yale, Columbia U. (NE and NW sheets only), U. Michigan.
Size: 488mm height by 480mm width within outermost neatline. A very close copy of POPPLE KEY STATE 3, using the same English place-names within the map and insets, almost identical engraved ships, cartouches, and text with virtually the same font style. The major differences are: (1) The title above the top border is: "CARTE PARTICULIÉRE DE L'AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE ."; (2) Title in cartouche at bottom left is with the first names of the publishers abbreviated to initials - "A MAP || of the BRITISH EMPIRE in || AMERICA || with the FRENCH, SPANISH || and HOLLANDISH SETTLEMENTS || adjacent thereto by Henry Popple || at AMSTERDAM || Printed for I. COVENS and C. MORTIER."; (3) No imprint below the border at bottom left; (4) Imprint below the border at bottom right is "J. Condet S."; (5) No inscription or explanatory text above the battle scene off Cartagena; (6) There are no gridlines on the key map to indicate correspondence to sheets of the 20-Sheet British map (or to C&M 4-SHEET map). However there still are the same longitude and latitude gridlines as on W.H. Toms' copies; (7) The framed-border dedication to the Queen with the British Crown coat-of-arms is not present. Found in Delisle's Atlas Nouveau (Koeman 1969, C&M 6, early editions; Phillips 1909, No. 596).
LOCATIONS: Harvard, University of Virginia and numerous other locations.
Like C&M KEY STATE 1 except: the word "HOLLANDISH" within the title cartouche at bottom-left is replaced by words "the DUTCH." Found in Delisle's Atlas Nouveau (Koeman 1969, C&M 6 early editions, C&M 7, and C&M 8).
LOCATIONS: John Carter Brown Library, New York Public Library and numerous other locations.
A very close copy of C&M KEY STATE 2 (this is not a direct copy of Popple's British original). Size: 478 mm width by 482 mm height between outermost neatlines (not including title). Title at top - "NOUVELLE CARTE PARTICULIÉRE DE L'AMÉRIQUE || OU SONT EXACTEMENT MARQUÉES une PARTIE de la BAYE D'HUDSON, le PAYS des KILISTINONS la SOURCE de la GRANDE RIVIERE de MISSISSIPI [sic], le PAYS des ILLINOIS, la Nouvelle BRETAGNE le CANA || DA ou Nouvelle FRANCE, ECOSSE, ANGLETERRE, YORCK [sic], PENSILVANIE, MARY-LAND, CAROLINE, Septent: l'Ile de TERRE NEUVE, le GRAND BANC la CAROLINE Merid. la FLORIDE, LOUISIANE, MEXIQUE, JUCATAN, GUATI || MALA, le DARIEN, et une Partie de CUBA, les Iles de BERMUDE, JAMAIQUE, SAINT DOMINQUE, ANTILLES, et la TERRE FERMÉ. " Differences from C&M KEY STATE 2 are: (1) 4-line title above border is composed by combining the text from the titles of each sheet of the 4-Sheet C&M map; (2) Title at bottom, in cartouche, is: "A MAP || of the BRITISCH [sic] EMPIRE in || AMERICA || with the FRENCH SPANISH || and the DUTCH SETTLEMENTS || adjacent thereto by Henry Popple. || a London. || Grave par Jean Conr. Back." Engraved letters larger and not as fine as on C&M copies. A number of place-names misspelled. The New York view is entitled "NUW YORK". Land north of St. Lawrence river is named "TERRA de LABRATOR or BRITAIN", instead of "TERRA de LABRADOR or NEW BRITAIN" like on the C&M copies.
LOCATION: NYPL.
Re-engraved BACK KEY STATE 1 plate with a number of important additions and revisions (but no corrections to spelling errors). This is the only Key Map which has significant geographical modifications compared to Popple's British original. An engraved date "1756." is squeezed at bottom of title in cartouche. "Hohio" River is now extended to Pennsylvania and a number of new forts shown along the river. At the heads of the Ohio River an annotation appears - "Surces de l'Oyo". Lake Ontario is named "LAKE ONTARIO OF [sic] FRONTENAC". At the "Heads of the Mississipi " Indian tribes of "Western Issaties" and "Eastern Issaties" are now named. Names like "Assinais", "Cadodaguios" are added in Texas, "S. Diego la Conception" in New Mexico, "St. Paulo" in Florida. These new place-names, not on BACK KEY STATE 1, are present on Popple's large 20-Sheet map (and C&M 4-Sheet map) but not on his Key Map ("la Conception" and "St. Diego" are marked as two separate towns on Popple's large map). "N. Orleans" appears in Louisiana. A number of new place-names are shown in the Great Lakes area and between the Great Lakes and Hudson Bay. An island named "Ganeonskaon" is placed in the north-east part of Lake Erie.
LOCATION: New-York Historical Society, New York State Library (Albany).
A close copy of Le ROUGE KEY STATE 2 (this is not a direct copy of Popple's British original), rather than Le ROUGE KEY STATE 3 - as evidenced by virtually the same title between border lines at top "AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE || Suivent [sic] la Carte de Pople [sic] faite a Londres en 20 feuilles [sic]" and the spelling of "pied" rather than "pieds" in "RENVOY" legend. Title in cartouche at bottom left: "NOVA || MAPPA GEOGRAPHICA || AMERICÆ || SEPTENTRIONALIS || in suas praecipuas Partes divisa || Sumptibus Ioh: Mich: Probst, Aug: Vind: || Ao MDCCLXXXII". Imprint below border in bottom left: "Gravée p Iean George Probst fils". Differences from Le ROUGE KEY STATE 2 are: (1) Lake Champlain has two branches on the south, as shown below, instead of just one like on all other Key Maps; (2) a small engraved ship appears south-east of Porto Rico, not present on any other Key Map; (3) spelling of some place-names within the map and words in the "RENVOY", for example: Probst - "Cilendres", LeRouge -"Cilindres".
LOCATION: Yale-Sterling Library Map Collection.