Coronelli Map of Western America

Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718).
America Settentrionale colle nuoue scoperte fin all'anno 1688... Western half only.
Engraved map. Venice: 1688 or later.
27 ½" x 19" sheet, 37" x 29" framed.
Showing California as a very large island, the map is dramatically embellished with a large title cartouche and Native American vignettes throughout the Canadian areas. This highly influential map was first published in Coronelli's Atlante Veneto (Tooley, America, p. 125). See Lot 58 for the whole Atlas.
Comparable: Christie's, 2001 - $5,250.