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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 115 - closed 6/21/2006

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Lot #630: "Asia" Giuseppe Rosaccio

Antique map chart Asia
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Estimate:
$200.00 - $250.00
Sold for: $300.00

Lot 630
By: Giuseppe Rosaccio
Subject: Asia
Date: 1592

Publication:

Condition: A+
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Color: uncolored

Size: 6.5 x 5 inches
16.6 x 12.7 cm

This unusual woodblock map of Asia portrays rudimentary cartography and several large islands that represent the East Indies. The interior is filled with mountains, huge Black and Caspian Seas, and a few places signified by large castles. The eastern coastline is truncated without a Korean Peninsula. A fierce sea monster is shown in the Arctic Ocean and a tiny boat sails the Indian Ocean. Rosaccio's maps were printed from two separate blocks and were often printed on two separate sheets - this example is printed on a single sheet only.

Sharp impression.


Ref: King (2nd ed.) pp. 72-73.

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