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Unrecorded Double Hemipshere map of the World, published "En Londres" for the Spanish language market.
The map is apparently a copy (or precursor) to Pedro Gendron's world map of a similar title, dedicated to the Marques de Gouveia, Conde de Santa Cruz, Gendron.
Shows Nueva Hollanda (Australia), Sea of the West (Lago Hermoso!), along with Lago Velasco, lands described by the Moscovites, lands near the Arctic Circle discovered by Admiral de Fuente, and other interesting details.
South of Tierra del Fuego, the passage supposedly discovered by Drake in 1578 is shown. The west coast of New Zealand is shown, including Bahya de S. Phelipe and Cabo Maria. Several of the islands in the Pacific includes dates of discovery.
The original map provides credits to Hasius, a German cartographer, for the projections, and to De L'Isle. There are a number of subtle differences in the maps and we believe that this map is likely an English copy of the French original, which is known in only a single example.
This is the first time we have ever seen the map. It is similar to a very rare map by Pedro Gendron, recorded in the National Library of Portugal and the Technische Universitiat Bergakademie in Germany. However, this example includes a different title and annotations.
![P. Mc.D. Collins' Proposed Overland Telegraph Via Behring's Strait and Asiatic Russia to Europe, Under Russian & British Grants. . . 1864 [accompanied by separate text:] Communication of Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, upon the subject of an Intercontinental Telegraph connecting the Eastern and Western Hemispheres by way of Behring's Strait, In Reply to Hon Z. Chandler, Chairman of The Committee on Commerce of the U.S. Senate, To Which Was Referred The Memorial of Perry McDonough Collins.](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/87461.jpg)
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