Subject: World
Period: 1766 (dated)
Publication: Atlas ou Recueil…
Color: Hand Color
Size:
26.7 x 17.7 inches
67.8 x 45 cm
Large and boldly engraved double hemispheric map with California as an Island.  Decorated with three armillary spheres, a crest and long descriptive notes at top.  The hemispheres contain numerous notes and comments while detail inland is rudimentary.
References: Phillips (A) 5979-4.
Condition: B
Dark impression with original coloring and wide margins.  Some roughness along edge, very light water stain into top, two tiny holes in ocean with old repairs, else very good.