North America: Schenk 1708

Title: North America Author: Pieter Schenk Date: 1708 Medium: Hand-Colored Copperplate Engraving Condition: Very Good Plus Inches: 23.25 x 18 [Image] Centimeters: 59.7 x 45.7 [Image] Product ID: 224030 Schenk's version of De l'Isle's foundation map of North America with bright original color. Nearly identical to the De l'Isle map, with California returned to its peninsular shape rather than an island. C. Mendocin is the farthest northern point in California, beyond which no conjectural geographical detail is presented. In the Southwest, a mountain-ringed valley named Valle de los Corozones appears, based on the early reports of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca. The Great Lakes are well-defined, based on Coronelli with French forts noted. The English settlements are confined east of the Alleghenies and several French forts and settlements are depicted in the Mississippi River valley. Several explorations are traced in the Pacific and the Sargasso Sea is prominently shown in the Nor