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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 136 - closed 6/1/2011

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Lot #93: "Americae Septentrionalis Tabula" Edward Wells

Antique map chart Americae Septentrionalis Tabula
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Estimate:
$400.00 - $500.00
This lot was withdrawn

Lot 93
By: Edward Wells
Subject: North America
Date: 1726

Publication: Geographia emendata & locupletata

Condition: A+
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Color: hand color

Size: 6.3 x 3.5 inches
16.0 x 8.9 cm

This interesting and uncommon little map is from a children's geography. It is a reduced version of Wells' large map of North America with less detail. It features the island of California and enlarged Great Lakes. The Mississippi River empties in the Gulf of Mexico too far to the west, and the Rio Grand empties incorrectly into the Gulf of California. The map is dedicated to Thomas Treyor with his coat of arms.




Ref: McLaughlin #205.

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