1720 Totius Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis. . .

This map by renowned cartographer Johann Baptiste Homann was first issued in 1710, still showing California as an island. Following the initial issuance the map was revised, and this later version, the second state, is one of the revisions, showing California as part of the mainland, but with the remnant of the hypothetical interior sea, aka sea of the west, near Pais de Moozenleck still included. In addition, the decorative branches at the bottom center of the cartouche in the upper left are retained from the first state. North America is fairly well described from the East coast westward toward what is now New Mexico, especially in the southwest and near the Great Lakes, which were then actively being explored by French fur traders and Hudson's Bay Company, but the entire northwest of the continent is quite bare. South America, on the other hand, is quite highly detailed due to long term exploration and settlement by European powers. The Solomon Islands are depicted in the Pacific, b