Bidspirit auction | Salmon & Jefferys - Pair

Salmon & Jefferys - Pair of Maps of North & South America - This detailed engraving comes from Thomas Salmon's A New Geographical and Historical Grammar: Wherein the Geographical Part is Truly Modern; and the Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World Is So Interspersed as to Render the Study of Geography Both Entertaining and Instructive . The work was published in London in 1764 by W. Johnston, H. Woodfall, J. Hinton, et al. The maps were by Thomas Jefferys. Thomas Salmon (1679-1767) was mostly self-educated English historian who also lived in both the East and West Indies. He sailed with Lord Anson on his 1740-1744 circumnavigation. He published numerous works in world gazetteers, geographical grammars and histories, and travel narratives. Paper Size ~ 10 1/2” by 8” (Fold Out)