"Carte du Gouvernement de l'Amerique", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

A folio sheet filled with fascinating French text, statistics and four engravings showing the Council of the Indies dividing up the Spanish Empire in America. The map itself (3.7 x 5.2") shows an unnamed island of California on the Sanson model. The only political detail is the division of the regions between the colonial powers. Far to the south, a purely speculative Antarctic continent is suggested as Terre Inconnue.

References: McLaughlin #164.

Condition: A

A crisp impression on watermarked paper with light dampstaining in the top blank margin and minor scattered foxing that is mostly confined to the sheet's edges.