Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en ses Principales Parties, ou sont Distingues les Uns des Autres les Estats suivant quils appartiennent presentemet. . . .

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• ARTIST: Pierre Mortier

• PUBLISHER: "A Paris Chez H. Jaillot. . .1696."

• MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

  DATE: 1692-1696.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 21 x 33 7/8" (53.5 x 86.3 cm) plus upper title and margins.

• DESCRIPTION: A handsome, large scale map of North America. This is the first state of Pierre Mortier's map of North America from his "Atlas Nouveau." Mortier based this on Alexis-Hubert Jaillot's almost identical map of 1674 (Burden 438), which itself was based on the work of Nicholas Sanson. California is shown as an island.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition. Original outline coloring.

• REFERENCE: Burden Mapping of North America II #686, 2nd state; McLaughlin, "California as an Island" #55, State 2

• CATEGORIES: Maps