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Title: Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en ses Principales Parties ... Author: Elwe, Jan Barend Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Date: 1692 Description: Copper-engraved map, hand-colored; 2 uncolored decorative cartouches. 46.5x57.5 cm. (18¼x22¾"). North America revised from the Sanson/Jaillot maps. California is shown as a peninsula, but named "Isle de California," to the northwest is "Mer de Iesso," and beyond that a small stretch of coastline, "Terre de Iesso ou Ieco." The Great Lakes are defined, if not with great accuracy, a number of settlements in Nouveau Mexico are identified, and a R. del Norte flows southwest from a large lake near Taosii to the Gulf of California. Lot Amendments Condition: The impressions of the cartouches are weak, as also portions of the neat lines, still very good or better, bright original coloring. Item number: 166979