Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM
Description:
North America. Robert Seale (fl. circa 1745)A Map of North America with the European Settlements & Whatever else is Remarkable in ye West Indies from the latest and best Observations. London, c. 1745.
Double-page folio, with old folds, small closed tear, evenly toned, 15 x 19 in. In this map, California is depicted as an island; all lands west of the Rockies are completely unknown, and the territories of the many aboriginal North Americans are carefully noted.
Estimate $500-700