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Auction 119, Lot 803
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"Les l'Isles Molucques; Celebes, Gilolo, &c.", Sanson, Nicolas

Subject: East Indies - Indonesia

Period: 1699 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
9.7 x 7.4 inches
24.6 x 18.8 cm
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This is a very unusual map of the East Indies from a scarce Dutch edition that was engraved by Antoine d'Winter and first published in 1683. The map covers the famous Spice Islands and includes insets of Banda, Bachian and the Moluccas. Terre des Papous is rendered as an island separate from New Guinea, following an error that began in the 1590s. The map is beautifully engraved and decorated with a strapwork title cartouche and a compass rose.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $300 - $400

Sold for: $220

Closed on 5/9/2007

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