(SOUTH AMERICA) Jan Huygen Van Linschoten Delineatio Omnium

Sale 2642 - Lot 116

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Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

(SOUTH AMERICA.) Jan Huygen Van Linschoten. Delineatio Omnium Orarum Totius Australis Partis Americae... Engraved folding map of South America, the West Indies, Florida, and an all-but-bare Antarctic continent connected to Tierra del Fuego. 15 1/2x21 3/4 inches sheet size, upper margin ample, others shaved to the plate; old folds, no notable damages. Amsterdam, 1596

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Fine map of South America oriented with North to the right, densely detailed with strange land and sea creatures, sailing vessels, giants of Patagonia, Brazilian figures engaged in acts of cannibalism, and two decorative Baroque cartouche designs, all wonderfully engraved in the Dutch Golden Age-style by Arnold Florent van Langren for Linschoten's "Itinerario".