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Auction 155, Lot 336
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"Novae Hispaniae, Chili, Peruviae, et Guatimalae Littorae", Wit, Frederick de

Subject: Central America & Northern South America

Period: 1675 (circa)

Publication: Orbis Maritimus ofte Zee Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22 x 19.3 inches
55.9 x 49 cm
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This handsome sea chart focuses on Central America and the Pacific coast of South America extending to include northern Chili. It also includes part of the Caribbean with the Yucatan, Jamaica, the Caymans and parts of Cuba and Hispaniola. The magnificent title cartouche is filled with allegorical figures and the chart is embellished with rhumb lines, a fleet of galleons and two compass roses.

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Condition: B

A crisp impression on watermarked paper with full original color and a few faint spots of foxing. There are several archivally repaired cracks in the title cartouche.

Estimate: $550 - $700

Sold for: $350

Closed on 11/18/2015

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