Zatta, Antonio "Parte Orientale della Florida, Della Giorgia, e Carolina Meridionale." Pl. XI

Antonio Zatta. Pl. XI "Parte Orientale della Florida, Della Giorgia, e Carolina Meridionale."

Venice: A. Zatta, 1778. 12 1/2 x 16 3/4. Engraving. Original outline color. Worm holes at bottom, just into border. Some darkening along centerfold. Else, very good condition.

From Zatta's twelve sheet map of North America based upon Mitchell's multi-sheet map from the mid-eighteenth century. Mitchell's map was a seminal document in the history of the mapping of North America, and thus there was a great demand for its information. Zatta issued his version in order to help meet that demand, and like Mitchell's original, Zatta's map is filled with current, detailed, and fascinating cartography. The data was received from trappers, settlers, explorers, and soldiers who mostly traveled by water, and thus it is that the most accurate and detailed information is of lakes and rivers, and of the areas along their banks and shores. Zatta includes details of the locations of Indian tribes, settlements, trade routes, and frontier forts.

This sheet shows the east coast from Cape Fear to Saint Augustine, giving excellent detail mostly along the coast, but as far inland as Augusta. Detail includes rivers, roads, towns, forts and Indian settlements.