"L'Amerique Meridionale qui fait Lautre Partie des Indes Occidentales Dressee, Tres Exactement...", Chiquet, Jacques

This charming map of the continent presents a great deal of information in its small format. A large, mythical lake Xaraxes is depicted centrally. There is a notation in the Atlantic regarding Magellan's discovery and another note in the Pacific explaining how the ocean was named for its calm and tranquil waters. The map is decorated with a title cartouche featuring two natives in the Atlantic and a sea battle in the Pacific.

References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #43-7; Shirley (BL Atlases) T.MEN-1b.

Condition: A

A nice impression on a sheet with a bunch of grapes watermark and marginal soiling.