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Documents
Note: photos not actual size (all reduced)

Maps

1443. French copperplate-engraved map of South America
entitled “Amerique Meridionale” by Nicolas Sanson (1657),
re-engraved ca. 1700 by Antoine de Winter, hand colored. 9”
x 14”. Well detailed and attractively colored, also in choice condition
with no tears or foxing, trace of stain at top margin only and light
original fold, interesting as focusing mostly on rivers and lakes, includ-
ing some that turned out to be only mythical. Estimate: $250-$375.

1444. British copperplate-engraved map of the eastern Ca-
ribbean Islands (Lesser Antilles) dated 1756 entitled “A Map
of the Caribee Islands; Showing which belong to England,
France, Spain, Dutch & Danes,” by Thomas Jefferys, pub-
lished in the Gentleman’s Magazine (London). 9” x 15”. Accurate
and informative map from the Virgin Islands down to Venezuela, with
letter code next to each island to show to which European country it
belonged, in average condition with minor foxing and folding, small
tears and voids in margins. Estimate: $150-$225.

1445. Italian copperplate-engraved map of the Caribbean dated 1777 entitled “Carta del Golfo del Messico, dell’ Isole e
Paesi adjacenti,” by Thomas Kitchin for Wm. Robertson’s Popular History of America (but translated into Italian), hand-
colored. 13-3/4” x 19-1/2”. Nice condition, with only light original folds and bruising at very edge only, attractively colored and very informa-
tive as showing all of Central America to the west and the Lesser Antilles to the east, as well as Florida in the north and even a small notation
about LaSalle in Texas in 1685. Estimate: $400-$600.
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