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Auction 179, Lot 407
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"A Map of South America with All the European Settlements & Whatever Else Is Remarkable from the Latest & Best Observations", Seale, Richard William

Subject: South America

Period: 1764 (circa)

Publication: Mr. Tindal's Continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
14.8 x 18.5 inches
37.6 x 47 cm
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Handsome map filled with names of European and Indian cities, forts, castles and gold and silver mines. The spurious Prime Lake sits near Guiana with the fanciful city of Manoa, o el Dorado located on its banks. The Amazon Basin is described by This Country and its Inhabitants are very little known, a note that is also applied to the fictional Iarajes or Xarayes Lake that forms the headwaters of the La Plata. The map is decorated with a lovely rococo cartouche and a compass rose.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) G.RAP-2a #14.

Condition: B+

Issued folding, now flattened on a sheet with an "IV" watermark, minor toning, and light foxing. Narrow left margin.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $180

Closed on 9/16/2020

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