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"Werelt Caert"

Subject: World

Period: 1716 (published)

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Color: Hand Color

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18 x 12 inches
45.7 x 30.5 cm

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Beautiful double hemisphere from a Dutch Bible. Surrounded by allegorical representations of the continents, based on Visscher. CALIFORNIA IS AN ISLAND with a flat northern coastline, Australia is partially mapped and there is only a hint of New Zealand. The northwest American and east Asian coastlines are incomplete. Diagrams of the Copernican and Ptolemaic solar systems rest between the hemispheres. Ref: Shirley #498.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $1,800 - $2,000

Sold for: $1,700

Closed on 3/15/2000

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"Werelt Caert"

Subject: World

Period: 1716 (published)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:

18 x 12 inches
45.7 x 30.5 cm

References:

Condition: A+

Estimate: $1,800 - $2,000

Sold for: $1,700

Closed on 3/15/2000

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"Werelt Caert"

Subject: World

Period: 1716 (published)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:

18 x 12 inches45.7 x 30.5 cm

References:

Condition: A+

Estimate: $1,800 - $2,000

Sold for: $1,700

Closed on 3/15/2000

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18 x 12 inches
45.7 x 30.5 cm