An early 18th century map of North & Central America

CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham.

Carte Contenant le Royaume du Mexique et la Floride, Dressez sur les meilleurs observations & sur les Mémoires les plus Nouveau.
Amsterdam, 1719. Coloured. 400 x 515mm.

A map of the known reaches of the North American continent, from Newfoundland and the Great Lakes across to California, down through Central America to the northern tip of South America, and including the Caribbean. This is a derivative of de L'Isle's landmark map of the southern part of North America. The detailed map shows many English settlements along the East Coast and carefully notes the discoveries of D'Iberville along the Gulf Coast and Mississippi River. The vast region, later known as Louisiana, from Florida through present-day Texas is shown as the French possession of Florida. There is also a great amount of detail in Nouveau Mexique, particularly of the Spanish missions and Hopi mesas. A box of descriptive text is located in the bottom left corner. From volume six of Châtelain's monumental 'Atlas Historique'. A fine example.


Stock ID : 22885