$800
North America. Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville (1600-1667) L'Amerique Septentriolae Divisee en ses Prinipales Parties . Amsterdam: Hubert Jaillot, 1692. Large hand-colored engraved map, two sheets pasted together, some offsetting from when the map was folded, and a bit of discoloration from tape adhesive on the verso just barely showing below Costa Rica along the bottom edge, framed, 34 x 22 in. In this first state, Sanson's map depicts California as an island and shows a confusing mass of open-ended Great Lakes. Much information about North American Indian tribes is included, the Caribbean is illustrated in great detail, and the west is dominated by a large blank expanse.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
