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Auction 143, Lot 320

"Audience de Guatimala", Sanson/Mariette

Subject: Central America

Period: 1662 (circa)

Publication: L'Amerique en Plusieurs Cartes Nouvelles et Exactes…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11 x 7.3 inches
27.9 x 18.5 cm
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Lovely small map that illustrates the region from the Yucatan to the Gulf of Panama. It is nicely detailed, although much of the topography is still incorrect. Lago de Nicaragua has an east-west orientation. It was reduced from Sanson's folio map of 1662 and retains the same level of detail.

References: Pastoureau, SANSON II C.

Condition: A

Several large chips in top blank margin have been professionally repaired.

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $100

Closed on 2/13/2013

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