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SANSON, Guillaume (d. 1703). Atlantis Insula, a Nicolao Sanson Antiquitati Restituta. Amsterdam Covens & Mortier, 1669-[1721-1730].
Engraved map with hand coloring, 412 x 564 mm (500 x 604 mm).
Map of North and South America, with California an island, an "attempt by Sanson to show ancient North and South America on a contemporary outline" (Tooley). California is "on second Sanson model, with indented northern coast; and with no place names" (McLaughlin). The Covens and Mortier issue is unchanged from that published in 1669. McLaughlin 46; Tooley p. 124, 52.
Engraved map with hand coloring, 412 x 564 mm (500 x 604 mm).
Map of North and South America, with California an island, an "attempt by Sanson to show ancient North and South America on a contemporary outline" (Tooley). California is "on second Sanson model, with indented northern coast; and with no place names" (McLaughlin). The Covens and Mortier issue is unchanged from that published in 1669. McLaughlin 46; Tooley p. 124, 52.