![QUAD, MATTHIAS. 1557-1613. Novi orbis pars borealis, America scilicet, complectens Floridam, Baccalaon, Canadam.... Cologne: [1600].](http://images2.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-10/23/8640986-8-1.jpg&tmp=web300&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000&dt=zoom_image "QUAD, MATTHIAS. 1557-1613. Novi orbis pars borealis, America scilicet, complectens Floridam, Baccalaon, Canadam.... Cologne: [1600]. Sold for US$ 1,750 inc. premium")
QUAD, MATTHIAS. 1557-1613.
Novi orbis pars borealis, America scilicet, complectens Floridam, Baccalaon, Canadam.... Cologne: [1600]. Hand-colored copper-engraved map, 239 x 303 mm, German text on verso. Pale, even browning. Matted and framed to 17 by 19 inches.
Attractive map with much interior detail (much of it fanciful, as usual), and a long caption giving an overview of discoveries in North America. Shows a peninsular California and a particularly inviting Northwest Passage.
Attractive map with much interior detail (much of it fanciful, as usual), and a long caption giving an overview of discoveries in North America. Shows a peninsular California and a particularly inviting Northwest Passage.
Sold for
US$ 1,750
inc. premium
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