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Auction 128, Lot 463
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"Pays des Caribes et Guiane", Mallet, Alain Manesson

Subject: Northern South America

Period: 1683 (published)

Publication: Description de l'Univers, de l'Amerique

Color: Black & White

Size:
4 x 6 inches
10.2 x 15.2 cm
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Simple map centered on Lac de Parime straddling the Equator. Unnamed Trinidad lies above Castille Dor; Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and the Amazon in Brazil are covered. The interior is dominated by the huge, mythical lake (Lac de Parime) with the legendary city of El Dorado (Manoa el Dorado) on its north western shore. Curtain cartouche holds the title draped from the upper border. French text on verso.

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Condition: B+

Map image is clean with good impression but some light stains at left just enter border.

Estimate: $120 - $160

Unsold

Closed on 5/20/2009

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