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Lot 19

AMERICA
ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) Americae sive novi orbis nova descriptio

19 June 2013, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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AMERICA

ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) Americae sive novi orbis nova descriptio, hand-coloured double-page engraved map, ornamental cartouche, numerous ships and a sea-creature in sea area, Latin text on verso, good margins, light spotting and toning [Burden 39, third state], 355 x 485mm., [Antwerp, 1587]

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"One of the most famous and easily recognised maps of America, and one that is both functional as well as decorative... and had a great influence on the future cartography of the New World" (Burden).

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