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CARTE D'AMERIQUE, dressee pour l'usage du ROY.

  • ARTIST: Guillaume De L'Isle

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: 1722.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 19 1/4 x 24 1/4" (488 x 612 mm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: This map is the second state of deL'Isle's 1722 map with title "D' Amerique" in plain black ink rather than in an ornate outline. There is some manuscript additions to this map showing Christopher Columbus' route and landing location in America. A strong impression of this map.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition save for minor splitting along upper and lower center folds. Original outline color.

  • REFERENCE: Tooley "Mapping of America" #2.

  • CATEGORIES: Maps