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Auction 173, Lot 53

"Carte du Gouvernement de l'Amerique", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Period: 1719 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Historique

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.3 x 13 inches
43.9 x 33 cm
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A folio sheet filled with fascinating French text, statistics and four engravings showing the Council of the Indies dividing up Spanish Empire in America. The map itself (3.7 x 5.2") shows an unnamed island of California on the Sanson model. The only political detail is the division of the regions between the colonial powers. Far to the south, a purely speculative Antarctic continent is suggested as Terre Inconnue.

References: McLaughlin #164.

Condition: A

A nice impression on a bright sheet with a few spots of foxing in the blank margins and light toning along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $70

Closed on 6/5/2019

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