美國 - 西南; Euler, Leonhard - Americae Septentrionalis Pars I - 1751-1760

Part 1 of a 4 part map of North America published by Leonhard Euler in his "Atlas geographicus omnes orbis terrarum regiones in XLI tabulis exhiben..." in 1753. Covers the region from the Mississippi River valley through the American Southwest. Showing French Louisania and the Spanish possessions in New Mexico, Tecas (Texas) in between. The centre of the map is marked with the inscription ‘Great Space of Land unknown’ – a typical geographical blank for the areas west of the Great Lakes, which were still unexplored at the time. Inset map of Canadian Hudson and Baffin Bays region includes numerous English notations concerning discoveries in the region.
Scarce map.

sheet size 34,5 x 39,5 cm

Condition
trimmed close at the top and bottom, otherwise very good, contemporary hand colour