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Auction 149, Lot 668
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"Africa mit Seinen Befundern Landern / Thieren und Wunderbarlichen Dingen", Munster, Sebastian

Subject: Africa

Period: 1550 (circa)

Publication: Cosmographey

Color: Black & White

Size:
6.4 x 5.6 inches
16.3 x 14.2 cm
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This small woodblock map of the continent excludes the Horn of Africa and the Cape of Good Hope. It concentrates on the many kingdoms of Central and North Africa and depicts the Nile's origins in twin lakes located near the Motes Lunae. On a full sheet of German text measuring 8 x 12.3".

References: Norwich #5.

Condition: A

A nice impression with one small worm hole at southern tip of Africa and faint damp stains confined to blank margins.

Estimate: $150 - $180

Sold for: $100

Closed on 5/21/2014

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