"L'Amerique Meridionale qui fait l'Autre Partie des Indes Occidentales Dressee Tres Exactement Suivant les Observations de Mur. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences...", 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: B+

Contemporary outline color in the map with later color in the decorative elements, with very light soiling and binding holes in the left margin.