Subject: Western Hemisphere
Period: 1764 (dated)
Publication: Atlas General, Civil et Ecclesiastique…
Color: Hand Color
Size:
12 x 11 inches
30.5 x 27.9 cm
Very decorative map with a landscape-style title cartouche and numerous sailing ships, some engaged in battle. While the interior of the map contains little cartographic information, the northwest part of North America is quite interesting. A large bay labeled Entrée de Martin d’Aguilar en 1603 indents the coastline, while above that, a river and lake system provide a complex Northwest Passage. Just above this fictitious passage is a notation that the existence of a Sea of the West is questionable. The map is surrounded by a decorative rococo-style border, printed from a separate plate as the map.
References: McGuirk #130.
Condition: A
Original color on watermarked paper with a few small, insignificant spots, and light toning along sheet edges.