Recentissima Novi Orbis, Sive Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis Tabula

by Carol Allard

$1,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Rare issue of Allard's map of North and South America, the first to show important corrections to the mapping of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River Valley. The map of America by Allard is derived from that of Frederick de Wit, c. 1675 Burden . Significantly, however, Allard corrects the mapping of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley. The former are entirely re-engraved as are the nearby waterways off the St. Lawrence River including Lake Champlain, which is

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