A New Map of America from the latest Observations

Published by [London, 1719].

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Single sheet (19 x 22 inches to the neat-line, full margins showing the plate-mark). A fine engraved map showing North and South America with original hand-colour in outline, the title within an elaborate cartouche illustrated with vignettes reminiscent of the illustrations to de Bry's "Great Voyages". An attractive and unusual map: one of the few English maps to show California as an island, in this case based on the information in Sanson's map "Amerique Septentrionale" of 1650 misconception which persisted on and off until 1747; and with a spurious northwest coastline and internal lakes including "The Great Lake of Thoago or Thoya". Senex, who issued a series of atlases with John Maxwell and Charles Price, was one of the most successful mapmakers during the golden age of English cartography. In recognition of his work he was appointed Geographer to Queen Anne, and elected to the Royal Society in 1728. His beautiful maps are famed for their meticulous detail and ornate cartouches, and they remain some of the best examples of eighteenth-century English mapmaking. McLaughlin 193; Tooley p. 130; 81. Wagner 520.

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Title
A New Map of America from the latest Observations
Author
SENEX, John (ca 1678-1740).
Publisher
[London, 1719].
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California, Map

Arader Galleries - AraderNYC

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Arader Galleries has specialized in the field of color-plate books and early works on paper for over fifty years. Our main specialisms are Americana, Maps/Atlases, Voyages and Natural History (with a special focus on the works of John James Audubon). We would be delighted to answer any questions you may have about any of the books listed on ABE or to welcome you to our gallery in New York.

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Texana, Travel books, Color Plate Books, Natural History, Botanical books and prints, Americana, Atlases and rare maps, Art of the American West

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