Americas distorted coast shape above California 1764 Brion Desnos tall ships map Car Travel [V431-R15475]

[V431-R15475]

5" H x  7 3/8" W

Slightly shaken

Lett's firm created entirely new maps from the earlier engraved plates by transferring and then printing them using completely technologies

Book measures: 13 1/2" H X 9 1/4" W

Americas distorted coast shape above California 1764 Brion Desnos tall ships map Car Travel [V431-R15475]L'Amerique. (North & South America, Patagonia, Amazon, Brazil, Louisiana, Cuba, California, Paraguay). Issued Issued 1764, Paris by Brion & Desnos. Of historical note for the bulbous extension above California creating a distorted shape unique to this cartographic era. North of this is mention of the uncertain existence of a Mer de L'Ouest. Over a dozen tall mast ships sail the seas where two undefined islands or land masses are noted as having been