1692 Jaillot Large Antique Map Sea Chart The English Channel during 9 Years War British Isles adding more precise and varied

adding more precise and varied hand colouring in keeping with the final decades of the century

the French army could have easily won

De Wit quickly expanded upon his first small folio atlas which contained mostly maps printed from plates that he had acquired

The approach of the Sierra via the Carson River route later became known as the California Trail

Japan announced declarations of war on the United States and the British Empire later that day (December 8 in Tokyo)

1692 Jaillot Large Antique Map Sea Chart The English Channel during 9 Years War British Isles adding more precise and variedTitle : Carte De La Manche faite par ordre du Roy. pour le Service de les Armees de Mer.. a Paris 1692 Size: 38in x 25in (960m x 635mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1692 Ref #: 16371 Description: This very large, beautifully hand coloured original copper plate engraved antique map, a large Sea Chart of The English Channel produced for the French Navy during the Nine Years War and specifically the Battle of Beachy Head was engraved in 1692,