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Auction 102, Lot 483

"Carte Hydrographique & Chorographique des Isles Philippines…", Homann Heirs

Subject: Philippines

Period: 1760 (dated)

Publication: Atlas Homannianus Mathematico Historice delineatus

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21.5 x 19 inches
54.6 x 48.3 cm
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Top sheet of a two-sheet map showing all Luzon and part of Mindoro. Based on a map by Nicolas de la Cruz de Bagay, a Filipino, in 1734 at Manila. Large cartouche and ornate compass rose.

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Condition: B

Old repair down centerfold. Very fine impression and good color.

Estimate: $600 - $700

Sold for: $400

Closed on 3/5/2003

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