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Auction 120, Lot 444

"Chili, Getrokken uit Alfonso de Oualle, Jesuit, en in Dertien Rechts-gebieden Verdeelt", Sanson, Nicolas

Subject: Chile

Period: 1705 (published)

Publication: Algemeene Weereldtbeschryving

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.4 x 10.6 inches
18.8 x 26.9 cm
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Finely engraved, reduced version of Sanson's important map of Chili showing the Cuyo provinces of Chile. The map is based on the descriptions of Alfonso de Ovalle (1601-51), a Chilean-born Jesuit.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $150

Closed on 7/18/2007

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