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Description
First state of Janvier's map of America, published in Paris in 1762.
Shows a marvelous oversized mythical Bay of the West, unusual Alaskan Archipelago (again completely conjecture and myth), inaccurate course of the Mississippi River, and a marvelous primitive look at the two Americas, slightly before the Revolutionary War in the US.
No sign of Hawaii. New Zealand is shown, although only partially known.