May 29 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2706 -

Sale 2706 - Lot 181

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(PACIFIC.) Frederick de Wit, after. Magnum Mare del Zur cum Insula California. Double-page engraved marine chart of the Pacific Ocean, nicely decorated with sailing ships and an illustrated title cartouche of Neptune and Ferdinand Magellan (mythological god of the sea and the first European navigator to successfully record a crossing of the Pacific). 21x25 inches sheet size, wide margins; light foxing but overall an excellent dark impression. Burden 469, third state. Amsterdam: Louis Renard, 1715