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CHATELAIN, HENRI. Carte Tres Curieuse de la Mer du Sud,Contenant des Remarques Nouvelles et Tres Utiles non Seulement sur les Ports et Iles de Cette Mer. Large engraved folding map on four sheets joined as two. 17x56 1/2 inches each section size; a remarkably dark and crisp impression with only the faintest offset and minor foxing. Amsterdam, 1719
Very fine example of Chatelain's graphically embellished map centering on North and South America. "One of the most elaborately engraved maps of the Western Hemisphere ever produced" (Schwartz & Ehrenberg, page 142).
