(Western Hemis.) Americae Descriptio ~Catalog 61~ along with national boundaries

along with national boundaries

Condition is good with some discoloration on the centerfold

this long birdseye panorama by Waud is his earliest known work to be published in a book

still noting "Massachussets Bay" Colony and "Sagadahock" in the place of Maine

the bedrock substance which put to death the idea of a water route across the region

(Western Hemis.) Americae Descriptio ~Catalog 61~ along with national boundariesAmericae Descriptio A fine engraving with a nice perspective on developing discovery. While the Americas are still being grasped, with only a rudimentary understanding of waterways and with a large island of California, we can still identify major coastal figures. But once looking out into the Pacific Ocean the early hints of places like New Zealand and Japan are just beginning to appear as portions of coasts floating in the distant seas. Throughout