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Copper-engraved map, hand-colored in outline, uncolored pictorial cartouche. 39x54 cm. (15¼x21¼").

Nicely engraved map of North America, with good impression, California depicted as an island. This is an Italian edition of the 1669 revised edition of Sanson's 1650 map, the first state, dated 1677. McLaughlin notes "California with indented northern coast, with nothing to west and Agubela de Cato to north." Among the place names are C. de Mendocino, Pta. de los Reyes, Pta. de Monte Rey, Pta. de Francisco Draco (south of Pta de Monte Rey), Canal de S. Barbara, I. de S. Catalina, P. de S. Diego, etc. In the southwest, there is a large lake near Taosii, with R. de Norte flowing southwest from it to the Mar Rosso. The coloring on the map appears to be later. Leighly 53; McLaughlin 65; Tooley 42; Wheat Transmississippi 59.