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WORLD MAP
VAN DER AA (PIETER) Nova orbis terraquei tabula accuratissime delineata, Leiden, P. van der Aa, [c.1713]

21 November 2023, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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WORLD MAP

VAN DER AA (PIETER) Nova orbis terraquei tabula accuratissime delineata, hand-coloured double-page twin hemisphere engraved map, with allegorical vignettes of the four continents and the creation, cartouche with title in French ('Mappe Monde ou description generale du globe terrestre et aquatique. Selon les nouvelles observations de Messrs. De l'Academie des Sciences etc.'), slight toning, some restoration visible on verso (a few small holes filled, one or two strengthening strips), sheet 550 x 745mm, image 495 x 655mm, Leiden, P. van der Aa, [c.1713]

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Decorative world map showing California as an island, issued in Pieter van der Aa's Le Nouveau Theatre du Monde [Koeman, Atlantes Aa 6].

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