Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743), Carte Tres Curieuse De La Mer Du Sud, Contenant Des Remarques Mouvelles Et Tres Utiles Non Seulement Sur Les Parts Et Iles De Cette Mer (Very Curious Map of the South Sea), Amsterdam, 1719, Francois l'Honore publisher, published in Atlas Historique, black and white line engraving with full hand color on multiple sheets of laid paper with Strasbourg Lily watermark, 33-5/8 x 57-1/4 in. (sheet); modern frame, 38-3/4 x 62-1/2 in.

Note: Notes: Seymour Schwartz noted that this is "One of the most elaborately engraved maps of the Western Hemisphere ever produced." in The Mapping of America, page 142. The upper margin reads: CARTE TRES CURIEUSE DE LA MER DU SUD, CONTENANT DES REMARQUES MOUVELLES ET TRES UTILES NON SEULEMENT SUR LES PARTS ET ILES DE CETTE MER,/ Mais aussy sur les principaux Pays de l'Amerique tant Septentrionale que Meridionale, Avec les Noms & la Route des Voyageurs par qui la decouverte en a ete faite, Le tout pour l'intelligence Des Dissertations suivantes.

Literature: Goss, John, The Mapping of North America: Three Centuries of Map-Making 1500-1860, 1990, pp. 116-117, Map 52; Tooley, R. V., “California as an Island: A Geographical Misconception Illustrated by 100 examples from 1625-1770,” in Tooley, R. V. ed., The Mapping of North America, p. 130, #80.

For a similar example, see Brunk Auctions November 9-11, 2017, Lot 1082

, Provenance: Private Collection, Charleston, South Carolina toning, light foxing, taped with archival tape at points in margins to card mount, uneven trim left margin with attached paper extending margin 16-5/8 x 3/8 in. length wise, discoloration at glue seams, restorations to paper predominantly at top, possible repaired tear top left, not removed from mount, printing crease right