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Auction 175, Lot 333
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"Carte du Paraguai, du Chili, du Detroit de Magellan &c. Dressee sur les Memoires les Plus Nouveaux & les Observations les Plus Exactes", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: Southern South America

Period: 1719 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Historique

Color: Black & White

Size:
20.4 x 15.9 inches
51.8 x 40.4 cm
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Large, finely engraved map of the southern part of South America with great topographical detail and notations throughout. The tracks of several explorations are noted in both oceans and Amerigo Vespucci's ship is shown sailing in the Atlantic. A depiction of a water fowl is also shown in the Atlantic, with a note that there are a lot of animals in the arctic waters that are "half bird and half fish."

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Condition: A

A sharp impression on a sheet with a Strasbourg Lily watermark. There is a centerfold separation that enters 0.5" into the neatline at bottom and a hint of toning along the centerfold.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $120

Closed on 11/13/2019

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