Dec 03, 2009 - Sale 2198

Sale 2198 - Lot 35

Price Realized: $ 660
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
BLAEU, WILLEM and JAN. Extrema Americae versus Boream, ubi Terra Nova, Nova Francia, Adjacentiaq. Double-page engraved map, 455x575 mm, wide margins, Latin text on verso; hand-colored in outline; very slightly but evenly toned, few short tears at sheet edges. Amsterdam, 1662

Additional Details

A direct borrowing from the Champlain map of 1632, with the cartouche changed to picture a number of cod fish and several fishermen. Kershaw 149.