Title: A New and Correct Map of North America, with the West India Islands Divided According to the Last Treaty of Peace, Concluded at Paris 19 Feby. 1763... Author: Sayer, Robert Place: London Publisher: Date: 1775 Description: Copper-engraved map, hand-colored in outline. 51x116 cm. (20¼x45¾"). The lower half of the large and highly important map of North America produced by Sayer. Mexico, Florida, Central America, north coast of South America, the West Indies, the southern tip of Baja California, and a bit of Texas are shown. Among the interesting and significant features is a large inset, 21.5x19.5 cm., of Father Eusebio Kino's seminal map of the Southwest and Baja, "The Passage by Land to California Discover'd by Father Eusebius Francis Kino...," first published in 1705, which established that California is, in fact, not an island. Lot Amendments Condition: Slight wear at edges, very good or better. Item number: 209344
Title: A New and Correct Map of North America, with the West India Islands Divided According to the Last Treaty of Peace, Concluded at Paris 19 Feby. 1763... Author: Sayer, Robert Place: London Publisher: Date: 1775 Description: Copper-engraved map, hand-colored in outline. 51x116 cm. (20¼x45¾"). The lower half of the large and highly important map of North America produced by Sayer. Mexico, Florida, Central America, north coast of South America, the West Indies, the southern tip of Baja California, and a bit of Texas are shown. Among the interesting and significant features is a large inset, 21.5x19.5 cm., of Father Eusebio Kino's seminal map of the Southwest and Baja, "The Passage by Land to California Discover'd by Father Eusebius Francis Kino...," first published in 1705, which established that California is, in fact, not an island. Lot Amendments Condition: Slight wear at edges, very good or better. Item number: 209344
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