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), 1719, Francois l'Honore publisher, published in Atlas Historique, black and white line engraving with full hand color on laid paper, 32-5/8 x 56-3/8 in. (plate, trimmed), 33-1/2 x 57 in. (overall), unframed 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. Provenance: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Proceeds to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund probably 20th century hand coloring, reinforced lower left and upper right margins with false edge, some creases reinforced, two minor tears in bottom margin, tear and repair at top left, glue residue at left center, toning, creasing, session numbers in pencil on back