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Auction 203, Lot 152

"Virginia et Florida", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Colonial Southeastern United States

Period: 1621 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.3 x 5.9 inches
18.5 x 15 cm
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This is a reduced version of Hondius' folio map of the same title. It was based on John White's Virginia and Jacques le Moyne's Florida as interpreted by Theodore de Bry. Numerous Indian villages are shown throughout and in the Apalacci Montes there is a notation concerning the presence of both gold and silver, and below lies the fictitious Lacus Dulcis, more commonly called Lake May. Decorated with strapwork scale of miles and title cartouches. Latin text on verso.

References: Burden #155; Cumming (SE) #27; Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #9400:351.

Condition: A

A dark impression on a bright sheet with a bit of printer's ink residue at bottom center, a professionally repaired tear at top left, a tiny rust spot in the image, and another rust spot in the bottom margin.

Estimate: $400 - $475

Sold for: $400

Closed on 4/23/2025

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