De Fer World

Nicolas De Fer
Mappe-Monde ou Carte Generale de la Terre...
Paris, 1705. 230 x 340mm. Coloured. Mss. pagination in upper margin.
£650
Double-hemisphere world map with California as an island, decorated with roundel portraits of nine explorers, including Columbus, Vespucci, Magellan, Marco Polo & Drake. Early mapping of North America with the Great Lakes in outline. DEFE0005