"A New Map of the World According to the Latest Observations", Cole, Benjamin

This scarce, small, double-hemisphere map depicts California as an island. Australia includes the western and northern coasts and the discoveries of Van Diemen. There are numerous Pacific islands including a partial coastline of New Zealand. Includes an inset map of the north pole. The map is decorated by allegorical depictions of the four elements - fire, earth, air and water - encased in rococo cartouches. Engraved by Benjamin Cole for the New Universal Magazine. This example is not in Jolly. No dealer listings or auction results in the last 35 years.

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Condition: B

Issued folding on watermarked paper and now pressed and backed with tissue to reinforce and repair several fold separations and adjacent short tears. There is light soiling and a thin strip along a fold south of Africa that has been replaced with old paper, with a minute amount of image replaced in facsimile.