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206 - Nicolas De Fer, This map of California and New Mexico is based on the one sent by a Spanish nobleman to be shared with the members of the Royal Academy of Sciences. Paris: Published by the Author on the Isle du Palais on the Quai de l’Orloge at the Sphere Royale, 1700. Copper engraving with hand-colored borders. 233x345 mm. Sheet size: 247x368 mm. Engraved by C. Inselin, the map is taken from the *Atlas Curieux, or The World Represented in General and Particular Maps of the Heavens and the Earth*, a famous historical atlas published in Paris between 1700 and 1705 (with subsequent expanded editions published through 1714–1725). (1) Sheet with good margins on the sides and at the bottom, trimmed to the print with a narrow margin at the top; two tears along the bottom margin. Slight vertical creasing, a few spots of foxing on the left side, and slight signs of wear.
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Nicolas De Fer, This map of California and New Mexico is based on the one sent by a Spanish nobleman to be shared with the members of the Royal Academy of Sciences. Paris: Published by the Author on the Isle du Palais on the Quai de l’Orloge at the Sphere Royale, 1700. Copper engraving with hand-colored borders. 233x345 mm. Sheet size: 247x368 mm. Engraved by C. Inselin, the map is taken from the *Atlas Curieux, or The World Represented in General and Particular Maps of the Heavens and the Earth*, a famous historical atlas published in Paris between 1700 and 1705 (with subsequent expanded editions published through 1714–1725). (1) Sheet with good margins on the sides and at the bottom, trimmed to the print with a narrow margin at the top; two tears along the bottom margin. Slight vertical creasing, a few spots of foxing on the left side, and slight signs of wear.
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