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Auction 151, Lot 167

"La Floride, Suivant les Nouvelles Observations…", Aa, Pieter van der

Subject: Colonial Southern United States

Period: 1714 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
15.2 x 10.3 inches
38.6 x 26.2 cm
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This handsome map of the southern United States was based on Delisle's influential Carte du Mexique de la Floride of 1703. The map details early colonial settlements and Indian tribes. The large lake first found on Le Moyne's 1591 map is here called Lac Grande and it is land-locked. The Mississippi River is shown too far west of its true course and the Apalachicoli River flows from a large spurious lake in present-day Tennessee. Details of part of the Bahamas are included. The Gulf of Mexico is filled with a large cartouche featuring Native Americas and an incongruent lion.

References: Cumming (SE) #155.

Condition: B

A dark impression with moderate toning with a few spots of foxing.

Estimate: $600 - $800

Sold for: $325

Closed on 11/19/2014

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