TARDIEU, P.A.F. - United States of North America. Carte des Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale / copiée et gravée sur celle d'Arrowsmith, corrigée et considérablement augmentée... par P. F. Tardieu...

FIRST EDITION. A fine map including vignettes of Niagara Falls and a plan of Washington, D.C. Tardieu's map is a direct copy of Arrowsmith's "Map of the United States" except for certain parts (mentioned by Tardieu in his "Note" above the title) that Tardieu has altered and improved, based on other sources. The map shows the eastern seaboard and extends westward as far as where the Missouri River crosses 97o lat.
Showing the United States and Canada.

Largely based on the work of Aaron Arrowsmith, who first published his monumental map of North America in 1796, the current map shows the United States at a time of great transition, just before the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory (1803) and before the extent of the western discoveries of Lewis and Clark during their exploring expedition of 1804, 1805, 1806, and those of Zebulon Pike of 1806 and 1807.

Remarkably fine engraving, as is characteristic of Tardieu's maps.