"Amerique Meridionale Divisee en ses Principales Parties ou sont Distingues les uns des Autres les Estats Suivant qu'ils Appartienent Presentement, aux Francois, Castillans, Portugals, Hollandois &c...", Sanson/Jaillot

This is a handsome and large map of the continent decorated with elaborate title and scale of miles cartouches balancing the lower portion of the map. The continent is divided into the French, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch possessions. The fourteen coastal Capitaineries created by the Portuguese are outlined in Brazil. The course of the Amazon is delineated in a fairly accurate manner, yet it shows the river's source in a fascinating, interlacing maze of waterways. The Rio Paraguay erroneously begins at a lake named Xarayes in the middle of Brazil. The title cartouche features two natives and tropical birds, engraved by C. Simonneau. The map was engraved by Louis Cordier. This edition was published by Alexis-Hubert Jaillot's son, Bernard Jean-Hyacinthe, who inherited the business after his father's death in 1712.

References: Pastoureau, Jaillot II G [6].

Condition: B+

A sharp impression with contemporary outline color in the map and later color in the cartouches, on a bright, sturdy sheet with the watermark of a Maltese cross encircled in rosary beads. There is a light dampstain at top center, some extraneous creasing along the centerfold, and minor offsetting.