"Hemisphere Septentrional pour voir Plus Distinctement les Terres Arctiques", Delisle/Covens & Mortier

This important map, originally produced by Guillaume Delisle in 1714, was published by Covens and Mortier. The map went through several revisions but other than the new publisher's imprint, this is identical to the first issue. California is correctly shown as a peninsula, but with a dotted line still hinting at the possibility of the island form. The entire northwest coast is blank above Cap Blanc. Terre de la Compagnie appears off the northeast coast of Asia with a note about its discovery by Jean de Gama. Delisle based his depiction of the Northern Pacific on the voyage of Fondant in 1709.

References: cf. Wagner #504.

Condition: B+

A crisp impression with contemporary outline color on a watermarked sheet with light toning, color offsetting, and a small abrasion in Greenland. There is a centerfold separation at bottom that has been closed on verso with archival tape.