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Pub Year Map Maker Pub Place Map Title Map Price (USD) Picture
1710Chatelain, HenriAmsterdamCarte du Gouvernement de L'Amerique$250 Picture

An engraved map, with original outline color

Size: 13 inches X 17 inches

Map Type: Atlas

This is a superior copy with strong engraving

Taken from Atlas Historique et Méthodique. the most interesting of all an inset map of the Americas clearly showing California as an island with and indented northern coastline.

The charts on this map listscurrent and ecclesiastical rulers of the various regions of the Western Hemisphere. Inset engraved vignette views of councils meeting in elegant interiors "Conseil des Indes de Madrid", "Conseil de l'Amerique Septentrionale", "Conseil de Terre Ferme", "Conseil de l'Amerique Meridionale".

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