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Auction 187, Lot 96

"Americae Borealis Nova Delineatio per Paralle los Circulares", Scherer, Heinrich

Subject: Colonial North America

Period: 1703 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Novus

Color: Black & White

Size:
7.4 x 9.3 inches
18.8 x 23.6 cm
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This attractive small map covers most of North America, extending eastward from the Rocky Mountains and including Central America with the West Indies. It also reaches to the North Pole, Greenland, Iceland, and part of Scandinavia. The Great Lakes are over-sized, and the Mississippi River (Meschasipi Fl.) is misplaced too far west, flowing from a large lake in present-day Canada and emptying into the Gulf of Mexico in present-day Texas. The Fret. Anian is shown at the upper left, alluding to a possible Northwest Passage. There are only a scattering of place names, including New York, Plymouth, St. Augustine, Santa Fe, Havana, Mexico, and Acapulco.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.SHER-1a #136.

Condition: A

A sharp impression on a clean, bright sheet with a hint of foxing along the sheet's edges.

Estimate: $300 - $400

Sold for: $600

Closed on 4/27/2022

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