Second State Coronelli Map of American's West Coast

Le Nouveau Mexique appele‚ aussi Nouvelle Grenade et Marata, Avec Partie de Californie, Selon les Memoires les plus Nouveaux. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718). Engraved Map with Original hand color in part. Paris: Nolin, 168(8). 20 x 26 inches sheet, 31 1/2 x 37 1/2 inches framed. Second issue. Present New Mexico and parts of Old Mexico, with some of the "Isle de Californie." The map focuses on the Rio Grande valley, an area that was little known due to the secrecy and the obscurity of the region within the Spanish colonial empire. The advertisement provides a brief description and history. In addition there are a number of interesting notes on the map. One notes that some people believe that California is a peninsula (rather than an Island as portrayed). Another note states that the Rio du Norte flows into the Gulf of Mexico and not the Gulf of California. The map extends N-S from about 42 degrees¸ to 29 degrees¸; and E-W, 245 degrees¸ to 275 degrees¸ east longitude (prime meridian not stated). This is second issue of the map - the first issue of this map lacks the words "Corrigie et augmente‚e Par le Sr. Tillemon"; has the address Rue S. Jacques; and lacks the phrase "Vers le Pont Neuf" after "Victoires". According to Burden, "this beautiful map is the most momentous map of the American south-west published to date and would remain seminal for decades to come." It is an essential map for Southwest map collections. References: Wheat Transmississippi 66; Wagner Northwest Coast 430; Streeter 138; McLaughlin 99