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Title: 'L'Amerique Suivant Le R.P.Charlevoix Jte. Mr. De La Condamine et Plusieurs autres Nouvle. Observations…1746'. This rare map is the first to show Bering's discoveries in Alaska and the North West Coast and was a prototype map for the subsequent Buache, De L'Ise, Jefferys debate of the 1750s. The routes and discoveries of Tchirikow in 1741 and 1742 are shown. There is no mention of Augilar or De Fuca, but there are clearly tentative passages from the Pacific to Hudson's Bay and via a river system to the Great Lakes. The English Discoveries of 1742 along the western coast of Hudson's Bay are also shown. A continuous waterway from the Gulf of Mexico, via the Mississippi and Lahontan's River of the West to the Pacific is shown. A note discusses the country of Quivera and Teguayo and the Sioux des Prairies. Port Ste. Lucie is shown opposite the Channel Islands on the California coast. Classic De L'Isle Baja California configuration. The Sea of the West is shown, but it has not yet migrated inland. A good example of this scarce and important map. The condition is very good with very wide margins on strong clean paper. There is a one cm marginal tear well away from the image area.
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