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Scale [ca. 1:4,800,000]. Relief shown pictorially. Inset: Suplément à la Floride meme echelle que la carte. This is later state of the original 1784 map, probably printed around 1800; includes the addition of Washington [City] & the state of Vermont, making 14 states, though inset list still says "Les treize Etats-Unis." Text from 1st state of map erased in the lower right corner: "A Paris, Chez Lattré Graveur du Roi Rue St. Jacques No. 20." Cartouche design incorporates naval vessel with sailor hanging arms of United States & eagle of the Society of the Cincinnati. Original state issued in June 1784, published by Lattré; first French map of the United States of America & showed the newly established boundaries created by the Treaty of Paris. Library also has 1st state 1784 map (MAP L2012F2ff) & its facsimile (MAP L1982.1.1ff)

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