"L'Amerique, Meridionale, et Septentrionale Dressee selon les Dernieres Relations et Suivant les Nouvelles Decouvertes…", Fer, Nicolas de

This is de Fer's reduced version of his wall map of America. It features the Island of California covering the entire west coast north of the Tropic of Cancer. One of the prominent features in northern Mexico is Les Mine de S. Iean et de Ste. Barbe, the legendary Santa Barbara mines of the Chihuahua-Durango region. The Pacific Northwest and Alaska are essentially blank. There are also several large spurious lakes on both continents. A partial coastline of New Zealand appears beside the title cartouche. The map is richly decorated with three cartouches and two compass roses.

References: Burden #753.

Condition: B

Original outline color, slightly faded. Damp stain in the upper margin extending into image and along the lower centerfold, which also has a repair with old paper on verso.