17th Cent. Map of North America
Hammer Price w/ BP
$1,400
| Lot #: 287 17th Cent. Map of North America |
| Johann Baptist Homann Colonial North America 1678 Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi Seu Provinciae Ludovicianae "Based on Delisle's landmark map of 1678, but covering a slightly larger area. This map focuses on the American interior and Great Lakes. Its most outstanding features are the vignettes of a buffalo and Native Americans in a cartouche filling the Atlantic and a beaver colony at Niagara Falls under the title cartouche. Also depicted (in the cartouche) is Father Louis Hennepin who explored the Great Lakes region and claimed to have reached the mouth of the Mississippi. Clean, no repairs. 19" x 22 1/2" Est. $700-$1,000 |
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Auction Date Mar 27, 2010 |
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