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Geographically the map is typical of English cartography of the 1710s and 1720s, the map comparable to Thomas Taylor’s world map of 1715 (Armitage and Baynton-Williams, map 9), while the insets are similar to the work of Herman Moll: The British Dominions in North America (1715; the so-called "Beaver Map") and his North America (1710; often termed the "Cod Fisheries Map") both taking their nicknames from the prominent insets.

However, the craft of printing on calico (as opposed to silk) was not developed in England until much later, this development attributed to the innovative engraver Robert Hancock (fl. c.1750-1774), a self-portrait in the British Museum bearing the note "Mr Robt Hancock, engraver... discover'd the art of printing on china. He engrav'd the first plate that was us'd for callico printing...” (Worms and Baynton-Williams: Hancock, Robert).

It is plausible that this map was published at the beginning of the 1750s, predating the French and Indian War (1754-1763), which would make this the earliest extant map of the Americas printed on cloth, and among the very earliest surviving maps on any type of material.