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Auction 120, Lot 176

"Gli Stati Uniti dell'America Delineati sulle ultime Osservazioni - Quarto Foglio che comprende Parte Della Nuova Inghilterra La Nuova York, il Nuovo Yersey, la Pensilvania, il Delaware, il Maryland, e Porzioni della Virginia, e della Carolina", Cassini, Giovanni Maria

Subject: Eastern United States

Period: 1797 (dated)

Publication: Nuovo Atlante Geografico Universale

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.8 x 13.4 inches
47.8 x 34 cm
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This uncommon map was part of Cassini's six-sheet representation of the settled portions of North America. Cassini drew largely from the Zatta-Mitchell map of North America. It shows the new United States from Massachusetts to Cape Hatteras in North Carolina and inland to Lake Erie. The map includes Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Rhode Island, Maryland and a part of Virginia. The map is quite detailed, and includes roads and topography in addition to many place-names, from Boston and Capo Cod to Filadelfia. The title is above a landscape cartouche showing a boat being loaded.

References: McCorkle #797.3; Portinaro & Knirsch #167.

Condition: B+

A nice impression with pretty original color. There are a couple specks of foxing, mostly in the blank margins.

Estimate: $900 - $1,200

Sold for: $850

Closed on 7/18/2007

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