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Auction 94, Lot 386

"L'Afrique Divisee Suivant l'Estendue de ses Principales Parties…", Valck, Gerard

Subject: Africa

Period: 1680 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23 x 19.2 inches
58.4 x 48.8 cm
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Large copper engraved map of the continent with details typical of the late seventeenth century. The large rivers are marked and the Nile appears according to the ancient pattern, arising from two lakes located south of the equator. No tribal names appears in the south other than the Monomotapa kingdom. There are two islands of St. Helena, as so often appears in maps of this period. The title cartouche in the upper right corner consists of two cherubs holding a fringed blanket on which the title appears. At the lower left corner is a distance scale cartouche featuring a lion, an elephant, a leopard, a camel and a crocodile.

References: Norwich #49.

Condition: B

At some point in the past the map has been remargined and backed with heavy linen. Lightly toned with a bit of faint discoloration.

Estimate: $600 - $700

Sold for: $550

Closed on 3/7/2001

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