Schenk's Derivative of Delisle's Influential 1703 Map, "Tabula Mexicae et Floridae, Terrarum Anglicarum, et Anteriorum Americae Insularum; Item Cursuum et Circuituum Fluminis Mississipi...", Schenk, Pieter

Subject: Colonial Eastern North America & West Indies
Period: 1722 (circa)
Color: Hand Color
Size: 18.5 x 23.9

This is Schenk's scarce derivative of Guillaume Delisle's influential "Carte du Mexique et de la Floride" (1703). Despite the title, this map covers a large portion of North America from the Great Lakes through the Caribbean, with Delisle's excellent depiction of the Mississippi River Valley. The Southwest shows missions and native villages, including Acoma, depcited perched on a mesa, as well as Taos, Santa Fe, and Casa Grande. Schenk has added a vignette off the Pacific coast of Central America, reflecting the wealth of the region with an elaborate sea battle between Spanish and French forces and a scene of buccaneers unloading a treasure chest. The routes of the Spanish galleons are shown throughout the Caribbean.See also lot 708 for Martin & Martin's Maps of Texas and the Southwest... that discusses this map.

References: Martin & Martin, pl #16.
Condition: B+
Full contemporary color with light offsetting. There is a very narrow strip of loss (1/16") along the bottom 2" of centerfold with only a few letters missing from place names that has been closed on verso with old paper.