AMERICA CALIFORNIA AS AN ISLAND 1656 NICOLAS SANSON VERY RARE LARGE ANTIQUE MAP
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Title of the map:
"LE NOUVEAU MEXIQUE et LA FLORIDE Tirées de diverses Cartes et Relations, Par N. SANSON d'Abbeville Geogr Ord du Roy, A PARIS, Chez Pierre Mariette Rue S. Iacques a l'Esperance, Avec Privilege du Roy, pour vingt Ans 1656".
Very unusual copper engraved map of North America, by Nicolas SANSON D'ABBEVILLE (1600-1667).The map is engraved by Jean Somer.First state (cf. Burden): 1656, with the imprint "Chez Pierre Mariette, Rue S. Iacque...1656"
...California is shown as an island. The first map to show California so detailed, and to show the Spanish territories from California to Florida.The lake ERIE is well shown for the first time.This is a very important map, the first in a printed atlas to put the greatest emphasis on California and New Mexico. A map of great influence, it became the model for the delineation of California for the next fifty years. In this map Sanson changed the place names from French into Spanish, and altered the shape of the island giving it an indented Northern Coastline. The place names, from North to South, are:R. de Estiete, Talaago, C. Blanco, C de Sebatian, C de Mendocino, Pto de los Reyes, Pto de Monte Rey, Pto de Francisco Draco, Pto de Carinda, P de la Conception, Canal de S Barbara, B de la Conversion, P de S Diego, I. S. Cathalina, B de Todos los Santos, S Clement, I S Martin, B de S Quintin, B de la Virgines, C de Engamo, I de Parraros, B de S Francisco, I.S. Marco, B de S. Simon, P de S Bartolomeo, I de Ceintas, Sierra Pintado, B de les Arenas, I de la Carre, Pta de Roqui, R de S Cristoval, Punta de S Apollinat, B de S Martin, Pto de la Magdalena, P de la Marque, P de Cenou, P de la Pas, B Bernabe, C de S Lucas.
On back, 14 lines of antique handwritten text in Old French, of the same period, describing the map.
Active from 1627, Sanson published its first major map, the Postes de France, in 1632, with the publisher Melchior Tavernier. After having published a few general atlases alone, he worked with the print editor Pierre Mariette.
Edition: Paris, chez Pierre Mariette rue S. Iacques à l'Espérance, Avec Privilege du Roy pour Vingt Ans, 1656, XVIIe Century.
Size with margins : 57, 4 x 42, 4 cm / 22, 4 x 16, 5 inches
Condition : very good condition, antique colors, large margins
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