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Auction 93, Lot 185

"La Terre Magellanique avec ses petites Iles, Bayes et Rivieres, recemment mises au jour", Aa, Pieter van der

Subject: Tierra del Fuego

Period: 1729 (published)

Publication: La Gelerie Agreable du Monde

Color: Black & White

Size:
14 x 11.5 inches
35.6 x 29.2 cm
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Superb copper engraving of the southern tip of South America with the important sea lanes well depicted. Delicately engraved with a pictorial title cartouche, rhumb lines and two compass roses.

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Condition: A+

Very early, sharp impression and fine quality paper and a larger size than many of Vander Aa's maps.

Estimate: $475 - $550

Sold for: $275

Closed on 12/6/2000

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