"Coste de Guayane Autrement France Equinoctiale en la Terre-Ferme d'Amerique…", Duval, Pierre

This handsome map shows the coast of present day Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. Detail is confined to the coastline and rivers with the locations of colonies and villages noted. In the interior and at bottom left of the map is the mythical Lac Parime, with Manoa el Dorado, or the fabled Golden City of the Incas, on its northwestern shore. Large inset map of Cayenne at top right. Finely engraved, with a decorative title cartouche.

References: Pastoureau, Duval II D.

Condition: B+

A crisp impression with contemporary outline color on a wide-margined sheet with a fleur-de-lis watermark. There is light toning along the centerfold and faint damp stains in the blank margins, far from map.