Scattered light foxing. A tear in the top right extends about three inches past the border into the empty sea area. Expert old paper repair on verso. A strong engraving showing California as an Island with an indented northern coast. Great lakes are crudely depicted.
Lake Superior is open ended in the west.
Lake Erie is placed directly west of the Chesapeake Bay. The Northwest is left open. Beautiful later color. Some extremely faint spotting along the top margin and border, otherwise very good condition. The coastline extends from Virginia to Mexico, and the interior is shown to 40 degrees north latitude.