Amerique Septentrionale divisée en ses principaux Etats, L' [North America divided into its Principal Nations]
Subject
North America, Central America, Caribbean, location of Indian tribes
Date
1762
Mapmaker
Janvier, [Jean], geographer; [Jean] Lattré, engraver; Berthault, sculptor
Publisher
Lattré, [Jean; J.T. Herissant]
Place of Publication
Paris
Accession Number
1956.509
Condition
Good. Conserved by Graham Arader, 1981.
Curatorial Notes
Other copies located 1997.078.015, 1982.077.110.031. See Phillips, Vol. 1, p. 366, #629. 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 continet. 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 $450.00
1998 Nov: Paulus Swaen on-line auction catalog: estimate $880.00; starting bid $800.00
1998 Feb: G. B. Manasek, catalog #54, offered for $450.00
Notes
Plate 32, from Lattré and Delalain's 1771 - 1783 "Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les parties du Globe Terrestre." Depicts a great sea, labelled Mer de L' Ouest (Sea of the West) draining into the Pacific Ocean.
Size
12 1/4 x 17 5/8
Storage
c04d01