Subject: Western Hemisphere - America
Period: 1764 (dated)
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Color: Hand Color
Size:
20.6 x 14.8 inches
52.3 x 37.6 cm
Very decorative map with a landscape style title cartouche and several sailing ships. 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. There is a notation that the existence of a Sea of the West is questionable just above this fictitious passage. This map has added panels of French letterpress flanking it.
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Condition: A
A strong impression on watermarked paper with light toning along sheet edges.
