Rare wall map of the Americas
L'Amerique Dressée sur les observations de M.rs de L'Acandemie Royale des Sciences et de Sanson, Nolin, Du Fer, De L'Isle et sur les Memoires les plus recens et mis au Jour.
Amsterdam, c.1730. Original colour. 6 sheets conjoined, total 1120 x 1330mm.
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A wall map of the Americas with a very unusual depiction of the north west: California, despite having the indented northern coastline usually associated with the 'island' form, is joined to the mainland; immediately to the north is an inlet leading to the 'Mer de l'Ouest' which almost meets the Great Lakes, with a northerly channel forming a North West Passage into Button and Hudson Bays. Decorations include figurative cartouches for the two titles, a garland one for the scales and numerous galleons, galleys and sea-monsters in the seas.