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Auction 163, Lot 153

"La Floride", Sanson, Nicolas

Subject: Colonial Southern United States

Period: 1683 (circa)

Publication: Curieus Aenmerckingen der bysonderste Oost en West-Indische

Color: Black & White

Size:
9.9 x 7 inches
25.1 x 17.8 cm
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This influential map shows the Spanish and French possessions in the southern part of the United States. The map extends from the southernmost part of Virginia to the coast of what is now Texas. When first introduced by Sanson in 1657, this map was the first to use the name L. Erie in an atlas and to introduce several new rivers in Virginia. The French claims in the Carolinas are reasserted with the region named Floride Francoise, despite the region not having had any French presence for nearly 100 years. The place name Caroline is not related to the future English colony of Carolina. Instead it is a confusion between the French Fort Caroline on the St. Johns River, and Charlefort that was located near Port Royal. This is the first state as defined by Burden.

References: Burden #546; Cumming (SE) #53; Pastoureau, SANSON II F.

Condition: B+

Light toning and offsetting with some tiny chips and tears confined to the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $240

Closed on 6/14/2017

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