"Nouveau Mexique, Louisiane, Canada, et Nlle. Angleterre", Brion de la Tour/Desnos

This decorative map covers the majority of the continent, excluding Alaska and southern Mexico. The Northwest region is mostly blank except for notations concerning the recent discoveries by Bering, Tschirikow, and De Fuente. A River of the West is shown flowing out of Lake Winnipeg and another major river is depicted emptying into San Francisco Bay. Quivira is located in present-day Nevada just below Nouvelle Albion suivant Drake. The British Colonies are confined to the eastern seaboard. The map features a decorative title cartouche and is surrounded by a lovely rococo-style frame that was printed from a separate plate. Brion was the former Geographer to the King of France, and Desnos was Geographer to the King of Denmark.

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Condition: B+

A crisp impression with contemporary color on watermarked paper. There is faint offsetting, a tiny closed worm track below the note in Canada, and some minor foxing mostly confined to the blank margins.