Catalog Archive
Auction 155, Lot 390

"Chili Magellans-Land, and Terra del Fuego &c.", Moll, Herman

Subject: Southern South America

Period: 1701 (published)

Publication: A System of Geography...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.3 x 6.4 inches
18.5 x 16.3 cm
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Detailed copper engraved map of the southern tip of South America with Tierra del Fuego, Le Maire Strait, and a partial outline of the Falkland Islands. Includes an inset of the fictitious Peypses Islands and a numbered table of locations along the Strait of Magellan. Decorated with a simple block style title cartouche.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.MOLL-1b #41.

Condition: A

A dark impression on watermarked paper with minor text show-through and a few faint spots in the text below the map image. The left margin has been extended to better accommodate framing.

Estimate: $220 - $250

Sold for: $190

Closed on 11/18/2015

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