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"Chili Provincia Amplissima", Wytfliet, Cornelis

Subject: Chile

Period: 1597 (published)

Publication: Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum

Color: Black & White

Size:

11.3 x 9.1 inches
28.7 x 23.1 cm

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This important early map covers Chile from Valdivia to Camana. The map details rivers, mountains, and numerous cities and villages west of the Andes. It is simply adorned with a strapwork cartouche in a stipple engraved sea. This map is from the first atlas devoted entirely to the New World.

References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #307-3.

Condition: B+

A dark impression on a lightly toned sheet with a coat of arms watermark, some printer's ink residue, a few spots of foxing, and remnants of hinge tape on verso.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $350

Closed on 9/11/2024

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"Chili Provincia Amplissima", Wytfliet, Cornelis

Subject: Chile

Period: 1597 (published)

Publication: Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum

Color: Black & White

Size:

11.3 x 9.1 inches
28.7 x 23.1 cm

This important early map covers Chile from Valdivia to Camana. The map details rivers, mountains, and numerous cities and villages west of the Andes. It is simply adorned with a strapwork cartouche in a stipple engraved sea. This map is from the first atlas devoted entirely to the New World.

References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #307-3.

Condition: B+

A dark impression on a lightly toned sheet with a coat of arms watermark, some printer's ink residue, a few spots of foxing, and remnants of hinge tape on verso.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $350

Closed on 9/11/2024

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"Chili Provincia Amplissima", Wytfliet, Cornelis

Subject: Chile

Period: 1597 (published)

Publication: Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum

Color: Black & White

Size:

11.3 x 9.1 inches28.7 x 23.1 cm

This important early map covers Chile from Valdivia to Camana. The map details rivers, mountains, and numerous cities and villages west of the Andes. It is simply adorned with a strapwork cartouche in a stipple engraved sea. This map is from the first atlas devoted entirely to the New World.

References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #307-3.

Condition: B+

A dark impression on a lightly toned sheet with a coat of arms watermark, some printer's ink residue, a few spots of foxing, and remnants of hinge tape on verso.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $350

Closed on 9/11/2024

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11.3 x 9.1 inches
28.7 x 23.1 cm