[Atlases & Maps] [South America] Terre Ferme. Ou sont les governations, ou gouvernemens de Terre Ferme Cartagene, Ste Marthe, Rio de la Hache, Venezuela, Nouvelle Andalusie, Popayan, Nouveau Roy.me de Grenade, &c. Tirée de divers Autheurs, et de divers Ralations, par N. Sanson d'Abbeville. Engr. map w. handcol. borders, 40 x 53.5 cm, Paris, P. Mariette, 1656. The sheet neatly re-margined on left and right upper halves, these oblique parts a bit yellowed, otherwise a very good copy. The fictitious lake Parima and El Dorado, the City of Gold, are indicated in lower right corner.

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