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"Pas-Kaart, van de Zee-Kusten van, Brazilia tusschen, Cabo de Cuma, en Bahia Baxa…", Keulen, Johannes van

Subject: Brazil

Period: 1695 (circa)

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Color: Hand Color

Size:

22.5 x 19.8 inches
57.2 x 50.3 cm

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Two compass roses orient this great chart with north at the bottom. It covers the northern coastline of Brazil in the vicinity of Sao Luis de Maranhao. The chart is adorned with a particularly beautiful title cartouche featuring two figures holding torches and a merman.

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Condition: B

A nice impression with light soiling. There are professional repairs to a long centerfold separation and a tiny hole above the title cartouche. The top left corner has been remargined, with a small amount of neatline in facsimile. Backed in tissue.

Estimate: $900 - $1,100

Sold for: $650

Closed on 9/5/2012

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"Pas-Kaart, van de Zee-Kusten van, Brazilia tusschen, Cabo de Cuma, en Bahia Baxa…", Keulen, Johannes van

Subject: Brazil

Period: 1695 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:

22.5 x 19.8 inches
57.2 x 50.3 cm

Two compass roses orient this great chart with north at the bottom. It covers the northern coastline of Brazil in the vicinity of Sao Luis de Maranhao. The chart is adorned with a particularly beautiful title cartouche featuring two figures holding torches and a merman.

References:

Condition: B

A nice impression with light soiling. There are professional repairs to a long centerfold separation and a tiny hole above the title cartouche. The top left corner has been remargined, with a small amount of neatline in facsimile. Backed in tissue.

Estimate: $900 - $1,100

Sold for: $650

Closed on 9/5/2012

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"Pas-Kaart, van de Zee-Kusten van, Brazilia tusschen, Cabo de Cuma, en Bahia Baxa…", Keulen, Johannes van

Subject: Brazil

Period: 1695 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:

22.5 x 19.8 inches57.2 x 50.3 cm

Two compass roses orient this great chart with north at the bottom. It covers the northern coastline of Brazil in the vicinity of Sao Luis de Maranhao. The chart is adorned with a particularly beautiful title cartouche featuring two figures holding torches and a merman.

References:

Condition: B

A nice impression with light soiling. There are professional repairs to a long centerfold separation and a tiny hole above the title cartouche. The top left corner has been remargined, with a small amount of neatline in facsimile. Backed in tissue.

Estimate: $900 - $1,100

Sold for: $650

Closed on 9/5/2012

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22.5 x 19.8 inches
57.2 x 50.3 cm