"L'Amerique Dressee pour l'Etude de la Geographie…", Brion de la Tour/Desnos

Very decorative map with a landscape-style title cartouche and numerous sailing ships, some engaged in battle. While the interior of the map contains little cartographic information, the northwest part of North America is quite interesting. A large bay labeled Entrée de Martin d’Aguilar en 1603 indents the coastline, while above that, a river and lake system provide a complex Northwest Passage. Just above this fictitious passage is a notation that the existence of a Sea of the West is questionable. The map is surrounded by a decorative rococo-style border, printed from a separate plate as the map.

References: McGuirk #130.

Condition: A

Original color on watermarked paper with a few small, insignificant spots, and light toning along sheet edges.