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Auction 191, Lot 194

"Floride", Mallet, Alain Manesson

Subject: Colonial Southern United States

Period: 1685 (published)

Publication: Beschreibung des Gantzen Welt-Kreisses

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4.6 x 5.9 inches
11.7 x 15 cm
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Based largely on the earlier maps of Sanson and Duval, this map of the southern United States provides minimal detail from the Mississippi Valley to Florida. It retains the spurious May Lake and an incorrect location and course of the Mississippi River. Florida is Tegesta. St. Augustine and St. Mathieu are named along the eastern coast of Florida. A drape style title cartouche adorns the map. This is the second state with German text above the neatline.

References: Burden #568; Cumming (SE) #106; Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET I B.

Condition: A

There is minor printer's ink residue, marginal soiling, and the left margin has been extended with old paper.

Estimate: $190 - $220

Sold for: $220

Closed on 2/8/2023

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