Live auction - Lot 884
[Nautical chart - Pacific Ocean]
Pascaerte vande Zuyd-Zee tusschen California en Ilhas de Ladrones.
Amsterdam, J. van Loon, [c. 1661]
€ 400 / 500
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Lot description
Engr., 42,6 x 53,8 cm, hand-coloured (light traces of central fold, edges sl. browned).
Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout.
Comprehensive map of the Pacific Ocean, extending from California to Australia, New Zealand and Japan. It already includes Van Diemen's discoveries in New Zealand and Australia of 1642. First published in "Klaer Lichtende Noort-Ster ofte Zee Atlas [...]" in 1661. Verso blank.
Ref. Koeman IV, Loon1 (25).
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