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November 15, 2015 11:00 AMCalender
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North America: Gulf Coast, Florida, and the Caribbean. Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cu

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2865BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 15, 2015 11:00AM

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North America: Gulf Coast, Florida, and the Caribbean. Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638)Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum Terris Adiacentibus. Amsterdam: Blaeu, [c. 1640].
Double-page folio engraved map on paper, typographical text on the verso, hand-colored, the state with the names for Florida and Virginia, framed, 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.
Estimate $300-500

Convex fold along vertical join, the page toned, some slight offsetting of red hand coloring along the coast of Virginia and into the sea near the northernmost compass rose.


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