Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

184 c   ROBERT de VAUGONDY, GILLES. Amerique Septentrionale Dressee sur les Relations les Plus Modernes des Voyageurs et Navigateurs, ou se Remarquent les Etats Unis. Hand-colored double-page engraved map of North America. 21 3 / 4 x27 1 / 2 inches sheet size, upper margin ample, else wide; minor spotting. Paris, circa 1793 [1,000/1,500] A nice example of this later state of Vaugondy’s map of North America incorporating the name and boundaries of the newly established United States. Also added is an inset to the northwestern part of the continent containing several examples of mythical cartography such as the Northwest Passage, the River of the West and the establishment of Fou-Sang, believed by some to be the landing spot of ancient Chinese mariners in America. In this state, Vaugondy’s designation as “Geographer du Roi” has been excised from the title cartouche following the execution of Louis XVI. 184 185 185 c   ROBERT deVAUGONDY, GILLES. Environs de Paris. Hand-colored double- page engraved map of the country surrounding Paris. 20 1 / 4 x26 3 / 4 inches sheet size, ample margins; scant foxing at sheet edges. Paris, 1753 [250/350]