$406
Amsterdam, ca. 1783. Double-page engraved map hand-colored in outline, with hand-colored cartouche flanked by three figures. A later edition of Guillaume de Lisle's map of 1700 which was the first to reject the hundred year old concept of California as an island. This may be the first printed map to identify the Sargasso Sea. Framed and matted. 10 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2014-11-05