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Lot 273
  • 273

Americas--Munster, Sebastian.

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Description

  • Novae Insulae, XVII nova tabula. [Basle, 1540], 266 x 339mm., double-page woodcut map, a few repaired tears

Literature

Burden, Mapping of North America 12

Catalogue Note

first edition of the first notable map of the american continent, published in Munster’s edition of Ptolemy’s Geographia, in the supplement of modern maps.