Here is yet another giant body of water on old maps of North America that turned out not to exist. I’ve covered a few others and they are all associated with the wish to find a quick passage to Asia but each has its own unique backstory.
RareMaps.com Sources
Guillaume De L'Isle / JeanClaude Dezauche 1783 https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/deta...
Philippe Buache 1780 https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/deta...
Guillaume De L'Isle / Philippe Buache 1763 https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/deta...
Louis Jolliet 1689 https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/deta...
Other Internet Sources
https://www.oldworldauctions.com/info...
http://antiqueprintsblog.blogspot.com...
https://seaofthewest.info/title
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/fonte_...
https://collections.britishart.yale.e...
Book Sources
The Phantom Atlas by Edward BrookeHitching
French Translations Kevin Mallet
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