Historic Map : De Fonte Map of The Northwest Passage (America, Asia, Polar), 1754, Vintage Wall Art detailed An attractive first edition first

An attractive first edition first state example of J

The English Channel

South Carolina and Tennessee

Pinkerton's extraordinary 1818 map of Egypt

and parts of Hungary and Turkey in Europe

Historic Map : De Fonte Map of The Northwest Passage (America, Asia, Polar), 1754, Vintage Wall Art detailed An attractive first edition firstThis hand colored map is entitled "A General Map of the Discoveries of Admiral De Fonte & Others by M. De L'Isle" and was published in Gentleman's Magazine, 1754. This map depicts the mythical Northwest Sea Passage from Atlantic to Pacific proposed by many early navigators. North of California are depicted such fascinating features as the "Sea of the West, Discovered by J. De. Fuca in 1592" and De Fontes Lake just west of Hudson Bay. There are routes