About This Object
Issued during the French and Indian War, this publication maps and describes many of the French possessions that were to become British colonies at the wars conclusion in 1763. Jefferys supplied information of major importance to the British, given their ongoing animosities with France, about the sugar industry in the Antilles and the beaver trade in North America.
* Currently on Exhibit
Thomas Jefferys (d. 1771). The Natural and Civil History of the French Dominions in North and South America. London: Thomas Jefferys, 1760. Jay I. Kislak Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (130)