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Auction 131, Lot 428
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"Isola Cuba Nova", Ruscelli, Girolamo

Subject: Cuba

Period: 1574 (circa)

Publication: La Geografia de Claudio Tolomeo Allessadrino…

Color: Black & White

Size:
9.6 x 7.3 inches
24.4 x 18.5 cm
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This is a very early, detailed map of Cuba, based on the work of Gastaldi. Cuba is correctly shown as a very mountainous island, although the overall shape and orientation is incorrect. Trinidad (La Trinitad) appears in its correct position on the southern coast, but the other cities are less identifiable. The map also includes Jamaica, the Caymans and part of Hispaniola.

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Condition: A

Lightly toned with the usual printer's ink residue within the plate. There is a small hole in the upper blank margin.

Estimate: $550 - $650

Sold for: $325

Closed on 3/17/2010

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