"Amerique Meridionale", Sanson/Mariette

Delicately engraved map of South America with a charming cartouche and a simple compass rose. It presents very good information in the interior, focusing particularly on the systems of the La Plata and Amazon rivers. A remnant of the mythical Lac de Parime with the fabled Manoa o el Dorado (City of Gold) is still shown straddling the equator in Guyana. Another mythical lake, Lac de Eupana ou de los Xarayes, is depicted in Paraguay. Engraved by A. Peyrounin.

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Condition: B+

Watermarked paper with a small damp stain at top right and a centerfold separation in bottom blank margin that has been closed on verso with old paper. A few chips in top blank margin have been repaired with old paper.