California with indented northern coastline and without place names, except on State 9, which is engraved by H. van Loon. Mainland coastline continues northwest to 55 deg. N. The States and Variants listed identify differences between very similar maps and may, with additional research, be re-arranged. Ashley Baynton-Williams; Nordenskiöld 1,40(18)(Italian text, State 2). Dom. dell'Acerra Fe. Italian text. With title: AMERICA Secondo le ultime Osseruazioni dell Ac- cademia Reale delle Scienze. With “Dom. dell'Acerra Fe.” (below map, bottom right). Issued in Geografia universale ... MDCCXLVII (1747). “Pag.293” (or 243) (top left). Leone diagonally labeled off coast; Mezia labeled on mainland; Zelanda labeled; Circolo del Tropico di Capricorno; Yock; oston, irginia (instead of N. York, Boston and Virginia); and with NUOUO MESSICO. Compass directions inside border of map.
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