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World--Plancius, Petrus.
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- Orbis Terrarum typus de integro multis in locis emendatus. [Amsterdam], 1594, 410 x 580mm., folding engraved map, hand-coloured, restored tear with loss of lettering, remargined at lower left with reinstatement of border
Literature
Shirley, Mapping of the World 187
Catalogue Note
Compiled by Petrus Plancius, Geographer to the Dutch East India Company. While important for its geographical content, the map is also sought after for the “elaborate pictorial borders... [which] established a pattern of cartographical decoration that lasted for over a century” (Shirley).