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Auction 106, Lot 234

"Mexique ou Nouvelle Espagne…", Aa, Pieter van der

Subject: Mexico and Central America

Period: 1715 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.7 x 9 inches
29.7 x 22.9 cm
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Finely engraved map covering nearly all of Mexico and Central America to northern Costa Rica with great detail throughout. Very decorative pictorial cartouche depicting a conquistador subjugating two natives and Neptune riding his chariot along the coastline.

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Condition: A

Lightly toned.

Estimate: $250 - $300

Sold for: $230

Closed on 3/3/2004

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