Following the Treaty of Paris in 1763 which ended the French and Indian War Britain gained possession of all the territory west to the Mississippi River. The 34th Regiment was dispatched to the recently acquired Illinois region in late 1765 to demand the surrender of the last French outpost in the region at Fort Chartres. As the title indicates Lieutenant John Ross, surveyor with the Regiment, undertook a survey of this new territory. In addition to his own surveys, Ross also drew on French sources, especially the maps of Jean Baptiste d’Anville. This is the FIRST LARGE SCALE ENGLISH MAP OF THE REGION PUBLISHED AFTER THE TREATY. It extends northwards to the region just south of present day St. Louis. Indeed the area just south of the Ohio River is the New Madrid region which 36 years later between 16 December 1811 and 7 February 1812 would be devastated by four magnitude 8 earthquakes which wiped out the town and altered the course of the Mississippi River. It is one of the more significant and important maps published at the time as it records for the first time the new territories gained by the British in the west which encouraged migration to the area. It would also mark the western boundary of the future United States of America. The map is full of regional information noting local tribes, numerous towns and forts and even mines, quarries and cane fields! There are brief legends throughout which are more descriptive including points of interest such as the site of De Soto’s discovery of the Mississippi River in 1541 and navigational instructions. This map was first published in 1772 and this state was issued for the first edition of Thomas Jeffery’s ‘American Atlas’. It bore numerous improvements particularly in the region of New Orleans in the lower Mississippi. Forts T. Lion and St. Mary were added. This lower region is outlined green to indicate its retention by the French although Baton Rouge is shown to the north. Lemmon, Magill & Wiese (2003) pp. 106-7; Phillips (1901) p. 439. Phillips (1909-) 1165; Sellers & Van Ee (1981) 781; Shirley (2004) T.Say 2b no. 33; Stevens & Tree (1967) 31 state b.

Lovely example of this famous stretch of southern french coastline. Cannes and Antibes shown. 'Plans et Rades de la Mediterranee'

Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's 'Geography' included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and Livio Sanuto. First published in 1561 this example is in its second state as published in the 1574 edition. It is a modern depiction of the North African coastline including the modern day Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. Nordenskiold 220; Shirley 'Atlases in the BL' T.Ptol-10e.

Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's 'Geography' included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and Livio Sanuto. First published in 1561 this example is in its second state as published in the 1574 edition. It is a modern depiction of Egypt in north east Africa featuring the Nile River delta. Nordenskiold 220; Shirley 'Atlases in the BL' T.Ptol-10e.

This modern map displays the north eastern coast of Africa including the River Nile and Egypt in the east. Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's "Geography" included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and Livio Sanuto. First published in 1561 this example is in its third state as published in the 1598 edition. Nordenskiold 227; Shirley 'Atlases in the BL' T.Ptol-10f.

Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's "Geography" included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and Livio Sanuto. First published in 1561 this example is in its third state as published in the 1598 edition. It depicts the Indian "peninsula" as mapped by Ptolemy. The Indus and Ganges rivers can be clearly seen. Nordenskiold 227; Shirley 'Atlases in the BL' T.Ptol-10f.

Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's 'Geography' included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and Livio Sanuto. First published in 1561 this example is in its second state as published in the 1574 edition. It depicts the north west African coast as mapped by Ptolemy which includes modern day Morocco. Nordenskiold 220; Shirley 'Atlases in the BL' T.Ptol-10e.

Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's 'Geography' included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and Livio Sanuto. First published in 1561 this example is in its second state as published in the 1574 edition. It is a Ptolemaic depiction of Persia or present day Iran. Nordenskiold 220; Shirley 'Atlases in the BL' T.Ptol-10e.

This two volume topographical work describes England and Wales with short descriptions of Scotland and the Channel Islands at the end. They are arranged approximately in the same order as William Camden’s Britannia. The work is extra illustrated with a series of approximately eighty copper plate views. It was originally issued like so many works in the eighteenth century in parts, the first appearing on 8 April 1769. The four-page prospectus surviving in the Bodleian Library outlines the project.The cartographic content of the England Displayed is mixed. The first several parts from Cornwall to Dorset used maps by Thomas Kitchin first published in the London Magazine. At about this time the arrangement changed and the plates owned by Mary Ann Rocque were presumably bought in. Towards the end of the publication however, those of Kitchin and George Rollos were used. This may reflect upon Mary Ann Rocque as the plates do not appear in the sale of her goods in the auction catalogue of 4 July 1771. This example bears thirty-seven maps from Rocque, some examples include the Rocque version of Wiltshire whereas this contains that of Kitchin. Ten maps are from the Kitchin series which are Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Caernarvonshire and Cardiganshire. The remaining seven maps are made up of a folding map of Great Britain, a folding map of twenty miles round London, four county maps by Rollos originally published in the British Magazine, 1762-63 and a map of Bedfordshire derived from that of Rollos. The final map of the Channel Islands is not called for and not always present as here.The accompanying descriptive text draws upon many earlier works but is brought largely up to date. After the parts were completed as is often the case, the work was made available as a complete book which is usually found in two volumes, the first ends with the description of Nottinghamshire. Chubb 210 & 236; ESTC T110454; Hodson 203 & App I no. 4 (Rollos); Worms & Baynton-Williams.

Sandby’s importance lies in his adoption of aquatint. His ‘XII Views in South Wales’ are the first printed in England. In 1753 he took up lodging with his brother in Windsor Park and began a career as a drawing master, painter and engraver to the nobility. He quickly gained the attention of Sir Joseph Banks who became one of his most important patrons, and that of the Royal family. Much of his early work is of Windsor and surrounding countryside. This is from one of his early series on Windsor and Eton. It has been stated that “This essentially social quality of Sandby’s work, which directs our attention less to the physical environment than to people who occupy it, is a precedent that would be passed on to Sandby’s student Michael ‘Angelo’ Rooker and, through Rooker, to J.M.W. Turner”. Lower left is the name of 'P... Daschkaw. 1780', this is likely the Princess Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova who left Russia after falling out with Catherine the Great and toured Europe from 1768 to 1782. MacKenzie (1998) p. 300; Russell (1979) p. 38; Potter, N, ‘British Topographical Prints’ in ‘The Map Collector’ no. 23 p. 5.