Sanson & Jaillot. L'Amerique Meridionale Divisee en ses Principales Parties Scavior La Terre Ferme, Le Perou, Le Chili, Le Bresil... Paris, 1691. Mapping Louisiana Set into the recessed panels

Set into the recessed panels of each slender pilaster is a single course of beaded molding

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Rubra July 1 1835

Frontier life was a popular genre for American painters and such subject matter was commonly depicted by the famous publishing firm of Currier and Ives

The map combines practical geography with the aesthetic and symbolic elements typical of the time

Sanson & Jaillot. L'Amerique Meridionale Divisee en ses Principales Parties Scavior La Terre Ferme, Le Perou, Le Chili, Le Bresil... Paris, 1691. Mapping Louisiana Set into the recessed panelsSanson, Nicolas and Hubert Jaillot L'Amerique Meridionale Divisee en ses Principales Parties Scavior La Terre Ferme, Le Perou, Le Chili, Le Bresil Paris, 1691 24 3 4" x 26" Nicolas Sanson and Hubert Jaillot L'Amerique Meridionale Divisee en ses Principales Parties Scavoir La Terre Ferme, Le Perou, Le Chili, Le Bresil Paris, 1691 24 3 4" x 26" This striking 17th century map of South America, created by Nicolas Sanson and later revised and published by