. Anglais : rare et extraordinaire site d'importance historique considérable. Cette carte, qui couvre de New Jersey et de la Pennsylvanie dans le sud du Maryland et de la Virginie, puis le long de la côte de la Caroline de la Géorgie et de la Floride, a été émis par le général de la Division Dépôt de la Marine en 1778. Bien que manifestement une carte marine, cette carte dispose d'une magnifique richesse de détail à l'intérieur des terres à l'ouest jusqu'aux montagnes d'appellation et de la rivière Ohio. Autour de l'époque de cette carte a été émis, les Français avaient été entraînés dans la guerre de la Révolution américaine. En tant que gouvernement question site, inclus dans l'extrême

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. English: A rare and extraordinary map of considerable historic importance. This map, which covers from New Jersey and Pennsylvania southward through Maryland and Virginia, then along the Carolina coast to Georgia and Florida, was issued by the French “Depot General de la Marine” in 1778. Although ostensibly a nautical chart, this map features a magnificent wealth of inland detail as far west as the Appellation Mountains and the Ohio River. Around the time this map was issued the French had been dragged into the American Revolutionary War. As a government issue map, included in the extremely rare Neptune Americo-Septentrional, this map would have been carried by most French naval, merchant marine, and other military commanders. While the French contribution to the American Revolutionary War was primarily naval, the military nature of this map gives us some insight into the superb inland detail offered. We may safely surmise that such rich inland and topographic details would have been invaluable to any French forces that may have been grounded or forced to wage a land campaign. Details political and topographical features ranging from colonial borders to rivers and swamps, such as the Okefenokee in Georgia. Shows the American Indian holdings in western Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia. The map also gives special attention to churches, missions and more specifically religious congregations, listing the Quakers, the “Assemblent les Non-confirmistes”, and others. The “Non-confirmistes” are a curious element of this map. Though to the Catholic French, this could have referred to Anglicans, Puritans, or any other Protestant group, the general location of the “Assemblent”, in western North Carolina, suggests the possibly that they were Franklinites. The coastline is dotted with innumerable detailed depth soundings. The location of the Catawba Indians Catawbaw Town is shown south of Charlotte. In Virginia, the town of York is noted on the York River, w