CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham (1684-1743). Carte tres curieuse de la Mer du Sud, contenant des remarques nouvelles ... mais aussy sur les principaux pays de l'Amerique . [Paris: 1719]. A fine and richly colored example of Chatelain’s extraordinary map of the Pacific and Americas , published in his Atlas Historique of 1719. The lavish decoration, extensive texts, route maps of discovery and high quality of engraving create a handsome and large map, designed to attract French investment in the Americas. The plentitude of beavers and cod are particularly well-illustrated. “One of the most decorative maps of North America of the 18th century” (Tooley). California is still depicted as an island, but the accompanying text notes the uncertainty. McLaughlin 190; Schwarz/Ehrenberg pp. 146ff; Tooley p. 130. Engraved map, hand-colored in outline and with vignettes hand-colored, on four joined sheets; overall 805 x 1405mm on 840 x 1423mm sheet. Title set above upper margin, the oceans marked with the tracks of the great Spanish and Dutch navigators, lower and upper margins decorated with inset vignettes, plans of harbors and cities, portraits and explanatory texts (mild toning at vertical join, one small repaired wormhole at top margin).
CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham (1684-1743). Carte tres curieuse de la Mer du Sud, contenant des remarques nouvelles ... mais aussy sur les principaux pays de l'Amerique . [Paris: 1719]. A fine and richly colored example of Chatelain’s extraordinary map of the Pacific and Americas , published in his Atlas Historique of 1719. The lavish decoration, extensive texts, route maps of discovery and high quality of engraving create a handsome and large map, designed to attract French investment in the Americas. The plentitude of beavers and cod are particularly well-illustrated. “One of the most decorative maps of North America of the 18th century” (Tooley). California is still depicted as an island, but the accompanying text notes the uncertainty. McLaughlin 190; Schwarz/Ehrenberg pp. 146ff; Tooley p. 130. Engraved map, hand-colored in outline and with vignettes hand-colored, on four joined sheets; overall 805 x 1405mm on 840 x 1423mm sheet. Title set above upper margin, the oceans marked with the tracks of the great Spanish and Dutch navigators, lower and upper margins decorated with inset vignettes, plans of harbors and cities, portraits and explanatory texts (mild toning at vertical join, one small repaired wormhole at top margin).
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