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Auction 191, Lot 433

"Paskaarte van 't Zuydelyckste Deel van America. Van Cabo St. Antonio, tot Caep de Hoorn, en de inde Zuyd Zee, tot B. de Tongoy", Doncker, Henrick

Subject: Southern South America

Period: 1680 (circa)

Publication: De Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Waerelt

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21.2 x 16.9 inches
53.8 x 42.9 cm
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This very striking sea chart depicts the southern part of South America from the Rio de la Plata to Tierra del Fuego, showing the Straits of Magellan and Le Maire. The chart is embellished with a compass rose, rhumb lines, two sailing galleons, and a baroque-style title cartouche featuring putti. Three distance scales are enclosed in a simple cartouche at bottom right.

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Condition: B+

Full contemporary color on paper with light foxing and soiling. There are dampstains in the margins that just barely enter map image at the edges.

Estimate: $475 - $600

Sold for: $300

Closed on 2/8/2023

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