This large,
magnificent & beautifully hand coloured original antique map of North America - showing
California as an Island after the Sanson model - was
published by
Alexis Hubert Jaillot in
1692 - dated - after Nicholas Sanson. This is a
beautiful map published at the height of French
cartography in the 17th century.
One of the best examples I have seen of this map for
sometime, beautiful hand colour on strong sturdy paper,
a must for all collectors of North American cartography
Third state of
this handsome map showing the island of California
with an indented northern coast and the Terre de
Iesso Ieco (Japan) just a short distance off its
northwestern coast. All five Great Lakes are now shown,
with Superior and Michigan open-ended. The Rio del
Norte flows incorrectly into the Gulf of California.
The lion's share of today's United States is divided
between Floride and Nouveau Mexique. The
region of present-day South Carolina and Georgia is
noted as Floride Francois. The decorative title
cartouche is adorned with the French coat of arms, two
Native Americans and tropical birds, with the distance
scale cartouche below. The Latin title in upper margin
is, "America septentrionalis in suas praecipuas partes
divisa, ad usum serenissimi Burgundiae Ducis."
Jaillot
who succeeded to Nicolas Sanson's business in the mid to
late 17th century published this map showing California
as an Island after the Sanson map of 1656. Jaillot has
changed the title-piece and scale of miles but
cartographically kept the map as per Sanson's earlier
publications of 1656 & 1669. He has retained the idea of
5 great lakes with two open at the western end. He shows
New Sweden and New Amsterdam. Curiously he omits
Montreal, but does insert a few French missions round
the Great Lakes; S. Simon, S. Pierre, S.Pol, S. Alexis,
S. Joseph at Lake Erie.
General Description:
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable
Paper color: - off white
Age of map color: - Original & later
Colors used: - Yellow, green, red, brown.
General color appearance: - Authentic and fresh
Paper size: - 38in x 24 1/2in (970mm x 625mm)
Plate size: - 34 1/2in x 22 1/2in (875mm x 575mm)
Margins: - Min 1in (25mm)
Imperfections:
Margins: - Small repairs to bottom margin, no loss
Plate area: - Very light offsetting
Verso: - Bottom centerfold re-joined no loss, light
wrinkling
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