Subject: World and Continents
Period: 1755 (published)
Publication: Discours sur l' Histoire Universelle
Color: Hand Color
Size:
6.5 x 5 inches
16.5 x 12.7 cm
A great set of matched maps based on Sanson's cartography. Both the World and American maps show California as an island on the Sanson model. Africa is shown with the source of the Nile in twin lakes south of the equator. In Asia a huge Terre de Iesso appears north of Japan.
References: America - McLaughlin #130.
Condition: A+