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Auction 102, Lot 13

"Navigationes Praecipuae Europaeorum ad Exteras Nationes", Scherer, Heinrich

Subject: World

Period: 1700 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Novus … Part IV

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13.4 x 8.6 inches
34 x 21.8 cm
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Splendid map of the world on an oval projection showing California as an Island and partially mapped Australia and New Zealand. This map is from the series produced by Scherer who was a mathematics professor and devout Jesuit. It shows the sailing routes to the East Indies across the Pacific, around the Cape of Good Hope, and (optimistically) around a Northeast Passage to Japan. The corners of the map are richly decorated with sailing ships.

References: Shirley #631.

Condition: A+

Estimate: $1,700 - $2,000

Sold for: $1,300

Closed on 3/5/2003

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