Americas distorted coast shape above California 1764 Brion Desnos tall ships map Car Travel 5" H x 7 3/8"

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Lett's firm created entirely new maps from the earlier engraved plates by transferring and then printing them using completely technologies

Americas distorted coast shape above California 1764 Brion Desnos tall ships map Car Travel 5" H x 7 3/8"L'Amerique. (North & South America, Patagonia, Amazon, Brazil, Louisiana, Cuba, California, Paraguay). Issued Issued 1764, Paris by Brion & Desnos. Of historical note for the bulbous extension above California creating a distorted shape unique to this cartographic era. North of this is mention of the uncertain existence of a Mer de L'Ouest. Over a dozen tall mast ships sail the seas where two undefined islands or land masses are noted as having been