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Auction 113, Lot 133
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"Tierra Nueva", Ruscelli, Girolamo

Subject: Colonial United States and Canada

Period: 1574 (circa)

Publication: La Geografia de Claudio Tolomeo Allessadrino…

Color: Black & White

Size:
9.5 x 7.3 inches
24.1 x 18.5 cm
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This important early map devoted to the East Coast of North America is based on Giacomo Gastaldi's map of 1548, which combined data from the Verrazano and Cartier voyages. The cartography is unchanged, with the exception of the depiction of the Hudson and St. Lawrence Rivers (unnamed), which are shown connected upriver, a notion he borrowed from Ramusio. Engraved on copper by Giulio and Livio Sanuto in the unmistakable Italian style. This is the second state, Italian text on verso.

References: Burden #30; Kershaw #18a; McCorkle #561.2.

Condition: A

Very dark impression with plate ink residue.

Estimate: $1,300 - $1,500

Sold for: $950

Closed on 12/7/2005

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