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
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Guillaume De L'Isle / Jean-Claude 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
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https://www.oldworldauctions.com/info...
http://antiqueprintsblog.blogspot.com...
https://sea-of-the-west.info/title
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/fonte_...
https://collections.britishart.yale.e...

Book Sources
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The Phantom Atlas by Edward Brooke-Hitching

French Translations - Kevin Mallet

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