AFTER NICOLAS SANSON (FRENCH, 1600-1667) MAP OF NORTH AMERICA, hand-colored, on laid paper, title in cartouche to upper left corner lettered "NORTH AMERICA / Divided into it's Principall Parts / where are distinguished the severall STATES / which belong to the ENGLISH, / SPANISH, and FRENCH / To the Most Serene and Most Sacred Majesty of / CHARLES II / By the Grace of God KING of Great Brittain, France, and Ireland / This Map of NORTH AMERICA is humbly Dedicated, and Presented / By Your Majesties Loyal Subject and Servant / William Berry", with scale lower left lettered in part "Sold by William Berry at the Sign of the Globe / between Charing Cross and White-Hall". Unframed. William Berry (English, active c. 1669 to 1708), after Nicolas Sanson. Circa 1680. 23" x 35 5/8" OA.
Fair to good condition overall, expected fold-lines, area of patch restoration to bottom right corner (approximately 2 1/4" x 5 1/4"), other repair/reinforcement along top and bottom edges, some minor losses to edges.
Provenance: Property Deaccessioned by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia. All proceeds to benefit the Collections Acquisitions Fund.
Gift funds from The Acorn Foundation, Mrs. Anna Glen B. Vietor, in memory of her husband, Alexander O. Vietor.

Fair to good condition overall, expected fold-lines, area of patch restoration to bottom right corner (approximately 2 1/4" x 5 1/4"), other repair/reinforcement along top and bottom edges, some minor losses to edges.