California as Island sailing ships New World North South America 1686 Mallet map February2018 Canada map defective as seen

Canada map defective as seen (lacking a small sliver along right edge)

13" H x  18 7/8" W

Glogau by C

Eminent for their Virtues or Infamous for their Vice

Fine and uncommon old map of Southern Wales

California as Island sailing ships New World North South America 1686 Mallet map February2018 Canada map defective as seenNouveau Continent. (Old Prints, Mallet Prints, Western Hemisphere, North America, South America, California as an Island). Issued 1686, Paris, for A. M. Mallet. Charming 17th century copper engraved map with lovely hand color. Vivid and clear cartographic depiction of California as an island. The earliest state of this charming miniature map which has the sailing ships in the oceans. The image has a near folk art feel, a style unique to this