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Auction 186, Lot 31

"Die Oestliche und Westliche Halbkugel der Erde", Weiland, Carl Ferdinand

Subject: World

Period: 1838 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
24.4 x 17.1 inches
62 x 43.4 cm
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This German double-hemisphere world map features nice detail of the continents throughout. In North America, Texas is named but is still a part of Mexico along with the rest of the present-day America Southwest. A conjectural river connects the mythical Timpanagos S. to San Francisco Bay. The Great Salt Lake is identified. There appears to be a remnant of the Sea of the West in the Pacific Northwest - an extremely late appearance of the myth - but it is unclear whether or not it is just the work of a rogue colorist. A couple fragments of coastline near the South Pole hint at Antarctica. The Great Wall of China is depicted.

References:

Condition: B+

There is light scattered foxing and soiling and a tiny hole in Scandinavia only visible when held to light. There is a centerfold separation and a few associated tears in the publisher's imprint at bottom, all of which have been archivally repaired.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $230

Closed on 2/9/2022

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