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Auction 146, Lot 324

"Amerique Meridionale", Sanson, Nicolas

Subject: South America

Period: 1683 (published)

Publication: L'Amerique en Plusieurs Cartes…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11 x 7.9 inches
27.9 x 20.1 cm
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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 mythical Lac de Parime with the fabled Manoa o el Dorado (City of Gold) is still shown straddling the equator in Guyana. Another mythical lake, Lac de Eupana ou de los Xarayes, is depicted in Paraguay. Although his imprint does not appear on this map, all of the maps in the 1683 edition were re-engraved by Antoine de Winter.

References: Pastoureau, SANSON II F.

Condition: A

Watermarked paper with a narrow top margin, as issued.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $150

Closed on 9/4/2013

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