The North Part of America. [London: 1625]. Engraved by R. Elstracke. Copper-engraved map (350 x 285 mm), matted and framed. Margins trimmed close to border, short tear in margin, otherwise a fine example. First edition of the map that popularized the belief in insular California and one of the first maps to mention Hudson Bay and Cape Cod. It appeared in the 1625 edition of Samuel Purchas's Hakluytus Posthumous or Purchas His Pilgrimes and was not reprinted. Burden 214; Tooley p.112. See illustration.
The North Part of America. [London: 1625]. Engraved by R. Elstracke. Copper-engraved map (350 x 285 mm), matted and framed. Margins trimmed close to border, short tear in margin, otherwise a fine example. First edition of the map that popularized the belief in insular California and one of the first maps to mention Hudson Bay and Cape Cod. It appeared in the 1625 edition of Samuel Purchas's Hakluytus Posthumous or Purchas His Pilgrimes and was not reprinted. Burden 214; Tooley p.112. See illustration.
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