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Auction 123, Lot 444
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"La Terre et les Isles Magellaniques Tirees des Relations les plus Recentes", Sanson/Mariette

Subject: South America - Southern

Period: 1668 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.8 x 15 inches
50.3 x 38.1 cm
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An uncommon map of Patagonia, southern Chile, and Tierra del Fuego. Buenos Aires and the mouth of the La Plata are in the northernmost part of the map. The Andes are shown pictorially, and eleven volcanoes are noted and named. The Desaguadero River is located, showing a tentative watershed and lake. The title cartouche is festooned with fruit amidst rococo curves.

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Condition: A

Great impression on a wide-margined sheet. There is some faint toning, mostly in the blank margins, and a tiny hole in the lower margin.

Estimate: $475 - $550

Sold for: $700

Closed on 2/20/2008

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