A New Map of America from the Latest Observations Rev. by I Senex; I Harris, fecit
Map Creator
Senex, John
Date Original
1721
Description
A map of North and South America with an elaborately illustrated cartouche depicting Native Americans in upper left corner. The map is fairly detailed, depicting cities, lakes, rivers, regions, and countries. A few interesting features makes this map fairly unique, particularly for its time. The shape of South America as shown in this map is unusual, and Senex includes two mythical geological features in North America: a large lake called Lake Thoaga in western Canada, and an unnamed river rising up through the Florida panhandle. Also of note, this is one of the few maps for its time to still show California as an island, and to still depict a conjectural Northwest coastline.
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