Guillaume Delisle's map represents one of the first modern attempts at a scientific cartography of the continent. The fruit of new French and Iberian geographical observations, it corrects many errors of 17th-century maps and reduces the use of imaginary lands and coastlines. The outline of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts is rendered more precisely, while the great rivers – in particular the Amazon and the Río de la Plata – are drawn as the structuring axes of colonial territory. The map also reflects French political interest in the balance of colonial powers, highlighting Spanish and Portuguese possessions, coastal trading hubs and the main urban settlements.
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Print on handmade Amalfi paper Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in) With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in) Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges Frame: light brown beech wood and wood pulp, handmade
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