"L'Amerique Divisee en ses Principaux Etats Assujettie aux Observations Astronomiqes", Janvier/Santini

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America
Period: 1784 (circa)
Color: Hand Color
Size: 18.3 x 25.2

This large, handsome map of North and South America is an Italian edition of Janvier's map. Its most striking feature is the huge Sea of the West, which extends out of the top border, and is connected by a series of rivers to Hudson Bay in the north and nearly connects to the Mississippi River in the south. The large decorative title cartouche shows a stream filled with unusual beaver dams and a pine tree on one bank and palm trees on the other. This is the second state, published by Francesco Santini and Giuseppe Antonio Remondini.

References: McGuirk #162.
Condition: A
A fine impression with an archivally repaired centerfold separation that enters 1.5" into map at bottom, minor toning along the centerfold at bottom, and a hint of soiling.