With cartouches by charles simonneau the elder. Engraved by berey. Guilaume delisle was only twenty-five years old when he constructed this map, which was soon recognized as a landmark map. With this map (shown here in a later state which corrected an earlier westward bend in south america), delisle was one of the first cartographers since 1625 to correctly show california again as a peninsula rather than as an island. By choice he left a big portion of northwestern north america blank since he had determined (correctly) that no reliable information was yet available for the area. Delisle, as a geographe de cabinet, was focused on the scientific accuracy of this map. Charles simonneau's elegant baroque design for the decorative cartouche includes female figures symbolizing four continents. Date: 1700. Dimensions: height: 43.5 cm (17.1 in); width: 66.5 cm (26.1 in). Medium: colored engraving. Collection: University of Texas at Arlington.
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