Subject: Western Hemisphere
Period: 1764 (dated)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
10.3 x 9.3 inches
26.2 x 23.6 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.
References: McGuirk #130.
Condition: B+
On watermarked paper with light toning, especially along the centerfold and printer's ink residue concentrated in the top left corner of the map image.