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Hubert Jaillot / Renier & Josua Ottens: Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en Ses Principales Parties . . .
Title: Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en Ses Principales Parties . . . Map Maker: Hubert Jaillot / Renier & Josua Ottens
Description: Rare late variant edition of Jaillot's map of North America, with significant revisions, most notably a fascinating set of revisions to the Gulf Coast, from Texas to Florida. In the first Ottens edition of this map (ca 1729), California is still shown as an island and the Great Lakes are shown with open ends in the West. http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/14076 In this rare second Ottens edition, there are a number of major changes. California is now shown as a peninsula. The Great Lakes are now shown with complete western coastlines. However, the most interesting changes occur along the Gulf Coast, Mississippi River and Florida. Florida is now shown as an archipelago. The Mississippi River has been revised to follow the De L'Isle model. The most interesting changes are those along the Gulf Coast, which now shows the Mississippi Delta, several very large bays east of the Mississippi Delta and a massive set out outer barrier islands of the Coastline of Texas, one of the very few maps to show this unusual set of barrier islands of the coast Texas. While we have seen other maps. A continuous land mass west of California is labeled Terre de Iesso Ieco. Many new place names are also included along the Gulf Coast. Condition Description: One spot near the D in Ducis at the top, just entering the neat line. References: Burden II #700, State 4.
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