Catalog Archive
Auction 191, Lot 434

"Chili Magellans-Land, and Terra del Fuego &c.", Moll, Herman

Subject: Southern South America

Period: 1723 (published)

Publication: The Compleat Geographer

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.3 x 6.4 inches
18.5 x 16.3 cm
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This detailed copper engraved map shows the southern tip of South America with Tierra del Fuego, Le Maire Strait, and a partial outline of the Falkland Islands. It includes an inset of the fictitious Peypses Islands and a numbered table of locations along the Strait of Magellan. Decorated with a simple block style title cartouche. On a full sheet of English text measuring 8.8 x 13.4".

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.MOLL-1e.

Condition: B+

A nice impression on watermarked paper with light foxing.

Estimate: $180 - $210

Sold for: $110

Closed on 2/8/2023

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