This is an uncommon set of world and continent maps. The maps from the popular Discours sur L'Histoire Universelle were modeled on Nicolas Sanson's cartography. In North America, California is shown as an island with the Jesso landmass stretching nearly to Japan. Interestingly, this landmass is not included on the Americas map, but it is very prevalent on the Asian map. The cartography in Africa reflects the Ptolemaic source of the Nile in the twin lakes south of the equator, but the political divisions are well represented. Australia is still missing its east coast, but the Dutch discoveries are shown in Tasmania and New Zealand. At the South Pole there are still remnants of Terre Magellanique Australe et Incogneue. Sizes vary slightly.

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Condition: A+