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[A Striking Wall Map of the Americas] CHÂTELAIN, Henri Abraham.
Carte très curieuse de la Mer du Sud, contenant des Remarques Nouvelles ...Amsterdam, 1719. Four sheets conjoined, total 830 x 1410mm. Excellent impression, fine condition.
A huge map of the western hemisphere, centred on the Americas but showing the coasts of Western Europe & Africa on the right, China & Japan on the left, with the partial outlines of Australia & New Zealand. California is shown as an island, but the north of the island has lighter shading to suggest doubt, as has the western half of the Terra del Fuego. Jesso and Campanies Land are also shown, but two large vignettes of beavers cover the gap between Asia and America. Other vignettes include portaits of the most important explorers; plans of Panama, Acapulco, Mexico City & Havana; depictions of mining, panning for gold, sugar milling, a cod fishery and human sacrifice. GOSS: Mapping of North America 52, "a veritable pictorial encyclopaedia of the western hemisphere". |
£12,000 |