Archived Record - Auction Closed!! Auction #102, closed March, 2003

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92 Nouvelle Carte de l' Amerique Septentrionale dressee sur les plus Nouvelles Observations de Messieurs de l' Academie des Sciences et des Meilleurs Geographes avec des tables tres instructives et curieuses de la division de tous les Etats… 1705 Henry Abraham Chatelain North America 23.3" x 18.5" $600.00 Fine folio map covering the region from northern Venezuela to Baffin Bay with California as an Island. All five of the Great Lakes are present; but Lake Erie is unnamed. The Ohio River is shown, but unnamed. The Pacific Northwest is blank north of Mendocin. Two large tables give a detailed account of the affiliations of the native inhabitants and the colonial authority throughout the area with a location key.