Subject: Western Hemisphere - America
Period: 1701 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.4 x 6.8 inches
18.8 x 17.3 cm
This uncommon map shows California as an island on the Briggs model with no place names given. To the northwest, the wildly stretched coast of Jesso nearly touches California. Hudson Bay opens up to give an early hint of the Great Lakes. Santa Fe is named in New Mexico. Western Canada is labeled New North Wales. A huge and ill-defined coastline in the lower left is an early representation of New Zealand. English text on verso.
References: McLaughlin #173.
Condition: A
A dark impression on a bright sheet with a narrow right margin, as issued. There is a faint damp stain at top left, well away from the image.
