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Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio. - A.Ortelius ,1571.



Copper engraving
Size: 36 x 48cm (14 x 19 inches)
Verso text: Latin
Condition: Old coloured, new left margin, else perfect.
References: Van der Krogt 3, 9000:31A; van den Broecke, 9; Burden 39, state 1; Wagner, 80.

From: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Antwerpen, Anthonis Coppens van Diest, 1571. (Van der Krogt 3, 31:002)

First Ortelius plate with a bulge in the coast of South America.

This map is regarded by many as the most beautiful map of the Western Hemisphere produced in the sixteenth century.

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