Nouvelle Carte De L'Amerique Septentrionale Dressee Sur Les Plus Nouvelles Observations..

by Henri Abraham Chatelain

$1,750 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Attractive map of North America, based upon De L'Isle's highly influential map of North America published in 1700. By combining a wealth of information and geographical observation, with delicate engraving and an uncomplicated composition, this elegant map is a superb example from the golden age of French mapmaking and was published in Chatelain's Atlas Historique, an important encyclopaedic historical atlas. California is shown as a peninsula with a number of villages and

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