"Mexico sive N. Hispania", Duval/Beer

This charming miniature map of Mexico and Central America includes the western portion of Cuba and the southern tip of Florida. Present-day Texas is named Florida deserta, while Florida is named Tegeste.

Pierre Duval was Nicolas Sanson's nephew and pupil. He published a wide range of atlases and individual maps including a fine miniature world geography with many of the maps based on Sanson. This map is from the German edition of Duval's world geography. New maps were engraved by Sigismund G. Hipschman (as his signature appears on the title page and the world map) and have Latin titles rather than the original French. The maps are often attributed to Johann C. Beer, who translated the work into German.

References: King (2nd Ed.) pp. 132-135; Shirley (BL Atlases) T.BEER-1a #10

Condition: B+

There is light soiling, a tiny hole in a blank area at lower right, and a bit of dampstaining along the top edge that does not impact map image.