America Borealis. 1699. [Munich: 1699.] Copper-engraved map, 361 x 238 mm. Two tiny chips from edges, still well-margined and fine. Beautifully engraved North America map depicting California as a large island after the Sanson model. "[California’s] interior shown as mountainous and wooded. Coastal names only, save in the south where towns are marked, St. Jago, S. Bruno and N.S. de Guadeloupe" (Tooley). Scarce. McLaughlin 128; Tooley 85.
America Borealis. 1699. [Munich: 1699.] Copper-engraved map, 361 x 238 mm. Two tiny chips from edges, still well-margined and fine. Beautifully engraved North America map depicting California as a large island after the Sanson model. "[California’s] interior shown as mountainous and wooded. Coastal names only, save in the south where towns are marked, St. Jago, S. Bruno and N.S. de Guadeloupe" (Tooley). Scarce. McLaughlin 128; Tooley 85.
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