In French. LC 555. Engraved by: E. Bæck a H. sculps. et exc. a.v. (bottom right) C.P.P.S.V. (bottom left)'10' (top right). California with indented northern coast and random mountains shown pictorially. Mer de Californie to west. Decorative title cartouche with four natives, two around fire and two under a palm tree with snake and alligator in the foreground (upper left). Map has 6 open shields on each side, outside map border (reserved for symbols of countries) and a ribbon title in German and French across the top outside border as follows: 500 Meilert long 440 breit [,] AMERICA ilt ohngefehr vor 250 jahren ent-dedt worde, u. wird insgemgin die neue Welt genenet [,] L'AMERIQUE, on l'appelle ordinairement le nouveau monde et fût decouverte il y a 250 ans [,] Longue de 500 lieues large de 440 lieues. Issued in his: Atlas geographicus, oder accurate vorstellung der gantzen welt bestehend in denen vornehmsten und nothwendigsten universal und particular land-karten nach dem berühmten französischen geographo Hubert Iaillot und anderer vornehmer männer ... : Atlas géographique, ou représentation juste de tout le monde ... -- Augsburg : von Elias Bæcken ... mit priv. Sr. Hochfrltl. Surchl. v. Sachl Weimar, [1710]. E. Bæck.
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