A fine dark impression of this uncommon map of the Florida peninsula and West Florida. The latter would later form parts of the states of Alabama and Mississippi. Florida is depicted at a time of great interest to the English as possession of it came after the Treaty of Paris only two years earlier when it was handed over by the Spanish. Britain was to hold it for just 20 years. It is depicted as an archipelago. Even in south Florida a number of toponyms are recognisable – ‘Cayo Biscayne’ and ‘Boca de Ratones’. In the same year the London Magazine issued a similar map. This example bears the imprint of ‘J. Prockter sculp.’ It was published in Smollett’s ‘Continuation of the Complete History of England’. The Gulf Coast is depicted as far west as the Mississippi River and the map extends slightly further north. Refer to the following for the London Magazine version of the same year: Jolly, D.C. (Brit Per) LOND-243; Seller & Van Ee no. 1620.