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Auction 105, Lot 42

"[Lot of 5] Mappe-monde ou Carte Generale du Globe Terrestre… [and] Europe [and] L'Asie [and] Afrique [and] Amerique", Anon.

Subject: World and Continents

Period: 1755 (published)

Publication: Discours sur l' Histoire Universelle

Color: Hand Color

Size:
6.5 x 5 inches
16.5 x 12.7 cm
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A great set of matched maps based on Sanson's cartography. Both the World and American maps show California as an island on the Sanson model. Africa is shown with the source of the Nile in twin lakes south of the equator. In Asia a huge Terre de Iesso appears north of Japan.

References: America - McLaughlin #130.

Condition: A+

Estimate: $950 - $1,100

Unsold

Closed on 12/3/2003

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