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Auction 164, Lot 443

"Pascaerte van Brazil; en Nieu Neder Landt van Corvo en Flores tot de Barbados", Doncker, Henrick

Subject: Western Atlantic Ocean

Period: 1659 (circa)

Publication: De Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Waerelt

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21.5 x 17.1 inches
54.6 x 43.4 cm
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This is the first edition of this uncommon sea chart. It shows the area from Newfoundland to the northern coast of South America and across to the Azores and the Cape Verde islands in an unusual configuration derived from the Theunisz Jacobs chart of 1650, with north oriented to the left. Long Island is named as Gebroken lant, and New England is named as Nieu Nederlant, with no mention of the English colonial presence. The cartouche is surrounded by exotic denizens of the Americas, including a nearly nude native, armadillo, a turtle, a monkey and a parrot.

References: Burden #338.

Condition: B+

Trimmed to the neatline all around and entirely backed with old paper. There is light staining along the centerfold and the neatline at left and right.

Estimate: $800 - $1,000

Unsold

Closed on 9/13/2017

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