Archived Record - Auction Closed!! Auction #102, closed March, 2003

Lot Number: Title: Period: Cartographer: Subject: Size: Hammer Price: Description:

78 Americae nova Tabula 1640 Willem Jans Zoon Blaeu Western Hemisphere 21.7" x 16" $6,000.00 This magnificent carte-a-figures map is a superb example of the fine art of decorative cartography with ships and sea monsters embellishing the map. Panels at sides, each with five portraits of the native inhabitants of the two continents. Across the top are nine town plans including Mexico City, Havana, Cartegena, and Rio de Janeiro. This is one of the few maps of the Americas by this famous Dutch cartographer. The map itself is similar to Blaeu's wall map of 1608 with the additional discoveries of Henry Hudson and Tierra del Fuego with Le Maire Strait. This is the fourth state of the plate from a Latin edition with the coastline of Terra Australis Incognita deleted, but the name left behind. Latin text on verso.