Essentially the earliest obtainable antique map specifically devoted to the state of Rhode Island. It was first published by Matthew Carey in his 1795 American Atlas, which was the first atlas with solely American subject matter published in this country. The map was republished by Carey on several occasions, with revisions, up to the publication of the 1814 General Atlas, from which this example derives. The 1814 atlas was also the first to employ standard hand coloring in an American atlas. The map shows towns and villages, lakes and rivers, township and county boundaries, principal hills, main roads, and so forth. An important 18th Century American map. References: Wheat & Brun, #250; Rumsey, p.722-10. Very good condition -- very slight age-toning, and a couple of tiny marginal repairs on verso, but ample margins, and overall a strong impression, clean, good color. Without doubt, superior to the usual examples of Carey maps from this period.