Copperplate, outline original colour, mm 485x580. Venetian edition of D’Anville’s map. From “Atlas universel” printed in 1776-84. In perfect condition. Scarce Italian Map of the Southern Colonies in Colonial America at the Outset of the American Revolution, published by Paolo Santini in Venice. The map covers most of Florida, then extending west to Natchitoches and the Arkansas River, north along the Mississippi River to the Fort de Chartes area, and then east along the Ohio River, extending to include all of Virginia, the Chesapeake and most of Maryland. It shows Indian Tribes, mountains, rivers, towns, forts and a host of other early information.