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Auction 140, Lot 381

"Venezuela, cum parte Australi Novae Andalusiae", Hondius/Blaeu

Subject: Venezuela

Period: 1645 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Maior

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19 x 14.8 inches
48.3 x 37.6 cm
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Beautifully engraved map based on the cartography of Hessel Gerritsz covering the northern coast of South America, Venezuela, east to the mouth of the Orinoco, and including the offshore islands from Aruba through Dominica and Tobago. The fine engraving illustrates the mountains, forests, rivers and indigenous animals but shows place names primarily along the coastlines owing to the relatively few explorations made into the interior. The map is richly embellished with title and distance scale cartouches, compass roses and a galleon. Using the plate bought from Jodocus Hondius' widow in 1629, Blaeu changed the imprint and issued this map along with several other American maps from about 1630 to 1672 when fire destroyed the printing house. Latin text on verso.

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Condition: B+

A fine impression with wide, original margins, one minute worm hole in an unengraved area of map, and a few faint spots. There is minor creasing along centerfold.

Estimate: $550 - $750

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Closed on 5/23/2012

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