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Lot 416
By: Abraham Ortelius
Subject: Caribbean & Mexico
Date: 1579 (circa)
Publication:
Condition: B+
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Color: hand color
Size: 19.4 x 13.8 inches
49.3 x 35.1 cm
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Two great early maps of important regions in the New World are combined into this interesting composition. The first covers the region of western Mexico around Culiacan and the Spanish settlement of Villa S. Michael's, the region noted for its silver mines. The second is the first detailed map of the Antilles with detail in southern Florida, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean that is quite remarkable for the period. Ortelius based the maps on a variety of sources including Mercator’s world map (1569) and other maps by Gutters and Alone De Santa Cruz. This is the first state that includes an interesting error; the Tropic of Capricorn is shown where the Tropic of Cancer should be. Three strapwork cartouches and sailing ships decorate the map. Latin text on verso.
There is a tiny hole on the upper centerfold in Septemtrio. The margins have been trimmed but are still adequate for framing.
Ref: Van den Broecke #14.
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