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Auction 155, Lot 70
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"Nieuwe Kaart van America", Tirion, Isaac

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Period: 1765 (circa)

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Color: Black & White

Size:
12.5 x 10.8 inches
31.8 x 27.4 cm
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This copper engraved map of the Americas shows good detail throughout. It depicts the colonial powers of Britain, France and Spain divided into roughly thirds in North America. The northwest portion of North America above C. Blank is completely blank. South America is well mapped with the interior labeled 't Land der Amazonen. The map also includes the western portion of Europe and Africa.

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Condition: B

A dark impression, issued folding, with two damp stains along a fold, creasing adjacent to the same fold, and faint offsetting.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $160

Closed on 11/18/2015

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