California as Island sailing ships New World North South America 1686 Mallet map Australia (Ship Building

(Ship Building

printing method and ink finishing used makes for delightful visual inspection

Lovely decorative map with charming vignette scenes

der Oesterlaender

with shading to the robes

California as Island sailing ships New World North South America 1686 Mallet map Australia (Ship BuildingNouveau Continent. (Old Prints, Mallet Prints, Western Hemisphere, North America, South America, California as an Island). Issued 1686, Paris, for A. M. Mallet. Charming 17th century copper engraved map with lovely hand color. Vivid and clear cartographic depiction of California as an island. The earliest state of this charming miniature map which has the sailing ships in the oceans. The image has a near folk art feel, a style unique to this