Northwest Passage Search Sea of the West 1752 Admiral de Fonte Delisle map fantasy Lucknow her friends wearing birthday hats

her friends wearing birthday hats and acting silly

There is a long 12" tear across the map at approx

but which Elwe has amended by adding a compass rose

From an unknown but obviously scarce source

all items worthy of collecting condition

Northwest Passage Search Sea of the West 1752 Admiral de Fonte Delisle map fantasy Lucknow her friends wearing birthday hatsCarte Generale des Decouvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte et autres Navigateurs Espagnol, Anglois et Russes pour le recherche de passage a la mer du Sud (Eastern Hemisphere, Pacific Ocean, Search for a Northwest Passage, Sea of the West, Fictional Cartography). Issued 1752, Paris by de l'Isle. Fascinating mid 18th century map depicting a highly fantastic and inaccurate West Coast, including a non existent "Sea of the West" (Mer de L'Ouest), and an