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Auction 142, Lot 84

"L'Amerique, Meridionale, et Septentrionale Dressee selon les Dernieres Relations et Suivant les Nouvelles Decouvertes…", Fer, Nicolas de

Subject: Western Hemisphere

Period: 1705 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23.7 x 18.4 inches
60.2 x 46.7 cm
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This is de Fer's reduced version of his wall map of America. It features the Island of California covering the entire west coast north of the Tropic of Cancer. One of the prominent features in northern Mexico is Les Mine de S. Iean et de Ste. Barbe, the legendary Santa Barbara mines of the Chihuahua-Durango region. The Pacific Northwest and Alaska are essentially blank. There are also several large spurious lakes on both continents. A partial coastline of New Zealand appears beside the title cartouche. The map is richly decorated with three cartouches and two compass roses. Engraved by Hendrick van Loon, who also contributed to de Fer's wall map. This is the second state.

References: Burden #753.

Condition: B+

Watermarked paper with attractive color, minor soiling, and a professionally repaired centerfold separation at bottom.

Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800

Sold for: $850

Closed on 11/28/2012

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