Copper-engraved map, hand colored in outline, with colored border tables, bearings, astrological signs, etc. 45.4x60.8 cm. (18x23¾").

Attractive and unusual map of the western hemisphere, being half of Coronelli's two sheet double-hemisphere map of the world. California is featured as an island on the second Sanson model, with only C. Blanco named. To the north is Stretto d'Anian, northwest is Terra di Iesso, ("Scoperta dagli Holland, l'Anno 1643"), and farther west is Giaponi. The American west is dominated by Nuovo Mexico, in which live the Apaches, seemingly the only Indian tribe named. In the Pacific, portions of New Zealand, Van Diemens land, Carpentaria, and Nuova Guinea are shown. Shirley extolls the two world sheets as "a worthwhile addition to any collection. They combine the most up-to-date cartographical information with elegant engraving and retained accompanying decoration." Leighly 89; McLaughlin 105; Shirley 548.