"Amerique Meridionale", Sanson, Nicolas
Subject: South America
Period: 1715 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Black & White
Size:
11 x 7.9 inches
27.9 x 20.1 cm
Delicately engraved map of South America with a charming cartouche and a simple compass rose. It presents very good information in the interior, focusing particularly on the systems of the La Plata and Amazon rivers. A remnant of the Lac de Parime with its mythical Manoa o el Dorado (City of Gold) is still shown straddling the equator.
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Condition: A
Dark impression with folds as issued. The right margin has a repaired tear that just touches the neatline, and the left margin has some spots of foxing, well away from the map. The top blank margin has a couple of tiny wormholes.
