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A Magnificent Sea Chart of the West Indies

"Indiarum Occidentalium Tractus Littorales cum Insulis Caribicis ... / Pascaert van Westindien ende Caribise Eylanden…", Wit, Frederick de

Subject: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean

Period: 1680 (circa)

Publication: Orbis Maritimus ofte Zee Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.2 x 19.2 inches
56.4 x 48.8 cm
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This is the scarce first edition of one of the most beautifully engraved maps of the West Indies. It extends to show the coastline of North America nearly to New England, all of Central America, and the northern coastline of South America. There is a wealth of navigational information including passages, anchorages, sandbanks and shoals. The chart is a masterpiece of decorative engraving with illustrations of sailing vessels, a compass rose and two elaborate title cartouches (Latin and Dutch), one showing cannibalism.

References: Burden #468.

Condition: B+

A nice impression with some professionally repaired 1-2" tears in image. Backed in Japanese tissue.

Estimate: $2,000 - $2,400

Sold for: $1,500

Closed on 11/28/2012

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