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Auction 177, Lot 311
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"L'Amerique Meridionale qui fait Lautre Partie des Indes Occidentales Dressee, Tres Exactement...", Chiquet, Jacques

Subject: South America

Period: 1719 (dated)

Publication: Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique et Historique

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8.6 x 6.6 inches
21.8 x 16.8 cm
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This charming map of the continent presents a great deal of information in its small format. A large, mythical lake Xaraxes is depicted centrally. There is a notation in the Atlantic regarding Magellan's discovery and another note in the Pacific explaining how the ocean was named for its calm and tranquil waters. The map is decorated with a title cartouche featuring two natives in the Atlantic and a sea battle in the Pacific.

References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #43-7; Shirley (BL Atlases) T.MEN-1b.

Condition: A

A nice impression on a sheet with a bunch of grapes watermark and marginal soiling.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 4/29/2020

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