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Auction 111, Lot 75

"Idea Naturalis Americae Borealis Digito dei Formata Geographice Proposita", Scherer, Heinrich

Subject: North America

Period: 1700 (dated)

Publication: Atlas Novus

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13.7 x 8.7 inches
34.8 x 22.1 cm
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This captivating map of North America features a huge island of California, an oversized depiction of the Great Lakes, and a misplaced Mississippi River delta. It is decorated with two cartouches, one is capped with a globe revealing the Western Hemisphere and the other, at the lower left corner, is surrounded with exotic animals, most not native to North America such as a rhinoceros and a lion. The most alluring feature of the map are the multitude of fanciful wildlife on the land with sea-life and monsters filling the oceans.

References: McLaughlin #140; Tooley (Amer) p. 132.

Condition: A+

Later color.

Estimate: $1,500 - $1,600

Sold for: $1,200

Closed on 6/8/2005

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