ARTIST: Louis Brion de la Tour
PUBLISHER: Published by Louis Charles Desnos, Paris.
MEDIUM: Copper engraving, hand colored,
DATE: 1798
EDITION SIZE: 17 1/8 x 18 3/4" (281 x 478 cm) including text panels.
DESCRIPTION: With historical and geographic information in applied side panels. On this map of the Americas, North America is an interesting conglomeration of outdated geographic concepts. The entire Atlantic seaboard is labeled "Nlle. Angleterre" rather "les Etats Unis." The Northwest Coast does not reflect the Russian discoveries of the 1740s. Instead a Northwest Passage extends through a series of lakes from the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The Alaska peninsula and islands are absent. In the interior, the Mississippi River, New Orleans and Santa Fe are marked, but few other sites appear. Along the sides are applied French text columns describing the major cities, history and discovery of both continents.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Fine condition with original color.
REFERENCE: Phillips - LeGear, atlases, 5999(48).
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