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Auction 176, Lot 337
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"Brasilia", Wytfliet, Cornelis

Subject: Brazil

Period: 1597 (circa)

Publication: Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum

Color: Black & White

Size:
11.3 x 9 inches
28.7 x 22.9 cm
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This early map, portraying the coastal areas of Brazil, is from the first printed atlas relating exclusively to America. There are place names around the coast, while the interior remains unexplored. The strapwork cartouche rests on the Tropic of Capricorn. This was published in either Wytfliet's Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum or Histoire Universelle des Indes Occidentales et Orientales…

References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #307-5.

Condition: B+

On a watermarked sheet with light toning mostly confined to the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $500 - $650

Sold for: $425

Closed on 2/12/2020

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