ARTIST: Guillaume De L'Isle
PUBLISHER: A Paris chez l'Auteur le Sieur Del'Isle sur le Quay de l'Horloge sous le Privilege de l'Academie Royale des Sciences le 15 Septembre 1724... P.h. Buachew... 1745.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving, hand colored,
DATE: 1724-1760
EDITION SIZE: Image size 19 1/8 x 19 1/8" (48.6 x 48.6 cm).
DESCRIPTION: Circular map of North and South America, with the area above Cape Mendocino in Caliofornia left unmapped. The oceans are marked with the tracks of several expeditions, including those of Halley, Mendana, Tasman and Magellan. Engraved by Delahaye.
ADDITIONAL INFO: Dated 1760. Manuscript notes by R. V. Tooley in lower right margin.
CONDITION: Good condition save for some fox marks. Original outline hand coloring
REFERENCE: Tooley, R.V. Franch Mapping of the Americas" #25.