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Auction 208, Lot 72

"Nouveau Continent ou Amerique", Mallet, Alain Manesson

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Period: 1719 (circa)

Publication: Beschreibung des Gantzen Welt-Kreises...

Color: Black & White

Size:
4 x 5.6 inches
10.2 x 14.2 cm
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This is the third of three similar miniature maps of the Americas drawn in a hemispheric projection in Description de l'Univers. California is depicted as an island on the Briggs model with a flat northern coastline. The northwestern coastline of North America starts to extend west near 60° N. An extensive coastline in the region of Australia and New Guinea and several Pacific islands appear in the west without names. This is the sixth state with an alternate German title and Fig 7 above map. Blank verso.

References: Burden #560; McLaughlin #86; Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET 1 B.

Condition: B+

A dark impression with minor printer's ink residue and a small light spot near center.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $90

Closed on 4/22/2026

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