Lot 50
  • 50

Arabia--Teixeira Albernaz, J.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • [Untitled map of the Western Indian Ocean, with Arabia. Paris, 1663], 690 x 510mm., large folding engraved map, some strengthening to old folds, a few small tears

Literature

Tibbetts, Arabia in Early Maps 92

Condition

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Catalogue Note

an uncommon map, after the manuscript of the Portuguese cartographer Teixeira Albernaz, hydrographer to the Portuguese king, and issued in Thévenot's celebrated collection of travel accounts, Relations de divers voyages curieux, first published in 1663, with many later editions.