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Auction 158, Lot 27

"Planiglobii Terrestris Mappa Universalis Utrumq Hemisphaerium Orient et Occidentale... / Mappe-Monde qui Represente les Deux Hemispheres Savoir Celui de l'Orient et Celui de l'Occident...", Haas/Homann Heirs

Subject: World

Period: 1746 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21.1 x 17.9 inches
53.6 x 45.5 cm
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This handsome double-hemisphere world map was drawn by Georg Moritz Lowitz, based on the work of Johann Mathias Haas. It includes four polar spheres, each in a different projection, and two interesting diagrams depicting the earth, as it would be seen from space. North America is still blank above California and Hudson Bay is open-ended in the northwest corner. The large, mythical Xarayes Lake appears in the center of South America. In the South Pacific there are partial coastlines of New Zealand, Australia and Tasmania. Two very large, decorative cartouches contain the titles, one in Latin, the other French. The Latin cartouche features mythical sea creatures and wind heads while the other is surrounded by fruit and animals representing the bounty of the earth along with four headdresses representing the four continents.

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Condition: B+

Watermarked paper with original outline color and later color in the cartouches. There is very light toning, minor soiling, and some tiny spots along centerfold at very bottom.

Estimate: $1,200 - $1,400

Sold for: $720

Closed on 6/22/2016

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