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Auction 189, Lot 2

Subject: World

Bordone, Benedetto

[Untitled - World], 1528

Size: 15.1 x 8.6 inches (38.4 x 21.8 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $4,750
One of the Earliest World Maps on an Oval Projection
Sold for: $3,500
Closed on 9/14/2022

Auction 189, Lot 3

Subject: World

Mercator, Rumold

Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio quam ex Magna Universali Gerardi Mercatoris..., 1587

Size: 20.8 x 11.4 inches (52.8 x 29 cm)
Estimate: $4,500 - $5,500
Early Example of Mercator's Double-Hemisphere World Map with Text Below Map
Sold for: $3,250
Closed on 9/14/2022

Auction 189, Lot 6

Subject: World

Speed, John

A New and Accurat Map of the World Drawne According to ye Truest Descriptions Latest Discoveries & Best Observations yt Have Beene Made by English or Strangers, 1626

Size: 20.6 x 15.5 inches (52.3 x 39.4 cm)
Estimate: $14,000 - $16,000
First State of Speed's Double-Hemisphere World Map with Rare Blank Verso
Sold for: $11,000
Closed on 9/14/2022

Auction 189, Lot 9

Subject: World

Danckerts, Family

Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro in Plurimis Emendatus Auctus et Icunculis Illustratus, 1658

Size: 18.4 x 12.1 inches (46.7 x 30.7 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
Unusual and Rare Oval Dutch Bible Map of the World
Sold for: $6,500
Closed on 9/14/2022

Auction 189, Lot 40

Subject: North Pole

Mercator, Gerard

Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio, 1609

Size: 15.4 x 14.4 inches (39.1 x 36.6 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
The First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic
Sold for: $2,750
Closed on 9/14/2022

Auction 189, Lot 42

Subject: North Pole

Hondius, Henricus

Poli Arctici, et Circumiacentium Terrarum Descriptio Novissima, 1639

Size: 19.5 x 17 inches (49.5 x 43.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Magnificent Polar Map Surrounded by Whaling Scenes
Sold for: $1,400
Closed on 9/14/2022