Subject: North Pole
Period: 1747 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Portatif
Color: Hand Color
Size:
10.6 x 7.1 inches
26.9 x 18 cm
An interesting Dutch map that includes a map of the North Pole featuring the island of California with a narrow isthmus near the center of its eastern coast, and a faint coastline labeled, Onbekend Land, nearly connecting Asia and North America. A second map that takes up nearly a third of the sheet covers the volcanic islands of the Sangihe Archipelago in Indonesia. Engraved by O. Lindeman.
References: McLaughlin #231.
Condition: B+
A sharp impression with contemporary outline color in the map and later color in the cartouche, issued folding on a sheet with the watermarks of a Strasbourg lily and "C&I Honig." There are several small spots of soiling and foxing in the image.