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Auction 95, Lot 182

"Descripcion del Destricto de la Audiencia de la Nueva Galicia", Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de

Subject: Mexico

Period: 1601 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
11 x 7.8 inches
27.9 x 19.8 cm
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Antonio de Herrera Y Tordelisllas was the official historian of Spain and the Indies. He compiled a history of the Spanish conquests and early explorations in the Americas, which included this simply engraved map of the western coast of Mexico. The map focuses on Guadalajara and Culiacan.

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Condition: A

Rust spot in margin, well away from the map.

Estimate: $375 - $425

Sold for: $250

Closed on 6/13/2001

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