A Chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest Coasts of Europe, Africa, and Asia

by R. Sayer, J. / Green Bennett, J.

$5,500 · Offered by Martayan Lan

Six sheets joined to make three panels, each approximately 18 x 44 inches. Original outline color; first sheet re-margined on right, overall excellent with wide margins. An unusual, large-scale, 18th-century map providing a striking visual record of a remarkable number of important exploratory voyages of both the Pacific and the Arctic undertaken between the 16th and 18th centuries. Published at the dawn of the great age

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