This decorative map features a landscape-style title cartouche and a number of sailing ships. While the interior of the map contains little cartographic information, the northwest part of North America is quite interesting. A large bay labeled Entrée de Martin d’Aguilar en 1603 indents the coastline, while above that, a river and lake system provide a complex Northwest Passage. There is a notation that the existence of a Sea of the West is questionable just above this fictitious passage. The map is surrounded by an elaborate border that was printed from a separate plate and then assembled with French text panels for the atlas. Brion was the former Geographer to the King of France, and Desnos was Geographer to the King of Denmark. First published in 1764.

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Condition: A

A crisp impression on watermarked paper that has been backed with tissue to repair a couple of short edge tears and small abrasion along the top sheet edge. There is a bit of soiling along the upper centerfold, outside of the map image.