Amerique Septentrionale divisée en ses principaux Etats, L'
Subject
North America
Date
1762
Mapmaker
Janvier, [Jean]; [Jean] Lattré, engraver
Publisher
Lattré [Jean] et Delalain
Place of Publication
Paris
Accession Number
1982.077.110.31
Alternate number
Seiferth Collection
Condition
Fair-Good.
Curatorial Notes
Other copies located 1997.078.015, 1956.509. Other maps included in this volume located 1982.077.110.01-36. See Phillips, Vol. 1, #646, p. 377. Label from 1996 exhibit: One of the curious features of this map is the large body of water along the west coast of the North American continent. Early explorers of the area often exaggerated the size of San Fransisco Bay, here named "mer ou baye de l'ouest" (lake or bay of the west.)
Market Value
2000 Oct: Paulus Swaen on-line catalog auction #03901: starting bid $880.00; est. $970.00
1998 Nov: Paulus Swaen on-line auction catalog: estimate $880.00; starting bid $800.00
1998 Feb: G. B. Manasek, catalog #54, offered for $450.001982 appraisal for
1998 Nov: Paulus Swaen on-line auction catalog: estimate $880.00; starting bid $800.00
1998 Feb: G. B. Manasek, catalog #54, offered for $450.001982 appraisal for
Notes
Plate 32 from Lattré and Delalain's 1771 - 1783 "Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes Sur toutes les parties du Globe Terrestre Par Plusieurs Auteurs." Depicts a great sea, labelled Mer de L' Ouest (Sea of the West) draining into the Pacific Ocean.
Media Type
bound in book
Size
12 1/4 x 17 5/8
Storage
c02d05