[148] Cf. his Remarques sur la Carte de l’Amérique, Paris, 1755.
[149] Sabin, xv. 34,027; and xv. p. 448.
[150] Referring to the maps (1756), Smith, the New York historian (Hist. N. York, Albany, 1814, p. 218), says: “Dr. Mitchell’s is the only authentic one extant. None of the rest concerning America have passed under the examination or received the sanction of any public board, and they generally copy the French.” Cf. C. C. Baldwin’s Early Maps of Ohio, p. 15.
[151] It is also contained in the Atlas Amériquain, 1778, no. 335, where it is described as “traduit de l’Anglais par le Rouge,” and is dated 1777, “Corigée en 1776 par M. Hawkins.” A section of this map is also included in the blue book, North American Boundary, Part I., 1840.
Parkman (Montcalm and Wolfe, i. 126) says: “Mitchell pushed the English claim to its utmost extreme, and denied that the French were rightful owners of anything in North America, except the town of Quebec and the trading post of Tadoussac.” This claim was made in his Contest in America between Great Britain and France, with its consequences and importance, London, 1757.
[152] Thomson’s Bibliog. of Ohio, no. 384; Sabin, vi. p. 272; Baldwin’s Early Maps of Ohio, 15; Haven in Thomas’ Printing, ii. p. 525. The main words of the title are: A General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America ... of Aquanishuonîgy, the country of the Confederate indians, Comprehending Aquanishuonîgy proper, their place of residence; Ohio and Tïiughsoxrúntie, their deer-hunting countries; Coughsaghráge and Skaniadaráde, their beaver-hunting Countries ... wherein is also shewn the antient and present seats of the Indian Nations. By Lewis Evans, 1755.
The map extends from the falls of the Ohio to Narragansett Bay, and includes Virginia in the south, with Montreal and the southern end of Lake Huron in the north. It is dedicated to Pownall, and has a side map of “The remaining part of Ohio R., etc.,” which shows the Illinois country. In the lower right-hand corner it is announced as “Published by Lewis Evans, June 23, 1755, and sold by Dodsley, in London, and the author in Philadelphia.” The map measures 20-1/2 X 27-1/2 inches.
[153] Harv. Coll. Atlases, no. 354, pp. 3-6.
[154] Hist. New York (1814), p. 222. Evans says: “The French being in possession of Fort Frontenac at the peace of Ryswick, which they attained during their war with the Confederates, gives them an undoubted title to the acquisition of the northwest side of St. Lawrence river, from thence to their settlement at Montreal.” (p. 14.)
[155] Harv. Col. lib’y, 6371.8; Boston Pub. lib’y [K. 11.7], and Carter-Brown, iii. 1059, 1113.