Catalog Archive
Auction 186, Lot 83

"Nieuwe Kaart van het Westelykste Deel der Weereld, Dienende tot Aanwyzing van de Scheepstogten der Nederlanderen naar Westindie...", Tirion, Isaac

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Period: 1754 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
14.2 x 13.4 inches
36.1 x 34 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

An attractive map of the Americas that also includes a good bit of western Europe and Africa. The map displays a speculative River of the West through North America, beginning at the Great Lakes and emptying into the Pacific at about 50° N. latitude. The entire western part of North America is virtually blank. The northwest coastline is delineated by a dotted line terminating with a notation concerning the Russian explorations in 1743 in the region of Alaska, with a nearby coast of Asia. A simple title cartouche and nice compass rose adorn the map.

References:

Condition: A

A dark impression on a sheet with a bunch of grapes watermark, issued folding and now flattened with a couple of printers creases, a hint of offsetting, and one small worm hole in North America.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $180

Closed on 2/9/2022

Archived