'America Settentrionale'. North America. Bay of the West. BUFFIER, 1775 map

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'America Settentrionale'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Engraved by Giovanni Petroschi for Claude Buffier. Provenance: "Geografia Universale del. P. Buffier"; by P. Francesco Jacquier. Type: Antique engraved map with original colour. The map also shows a non-existent great inland sea, marked on this map as "Mare de'ouest" (Sea of the West), occupying a vast part of the American/Canadian west and opening into the Pacific Ocean. It commonly appeared on maps between c1740-1790. It is likely that the Sea of the West is in fact a gross misconception of the size and shape of the Strait of Georgia, the excessive size shown on the map based on Juan de Fuca's report that he had spent 20 days sailing it and his failure to observe that the adjacent Vancouver Island was in fact an island.

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Size: 2557px × 2044px
Location: North America
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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