Dec 11, 2003 - Sale 1990

Sale 1990 - Lot 34

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
BLOME, RICHARD. A New Mapp of America Septentrionale. Engraved folding map, 390x550 mm, margins trimmed close, to the neat lines on the sides and just outside the neat lines on top and bottom; hand-colored in outline; fairly heavy but even toning overall, several small thins and several very small separations at intersecting folds, several short repaired tears at edges. London, 1669

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Tooley's first state with the dedication to Lord Baltimore. With the date altered to 1669 as in Burden's second state (preceded by a 1668 (proof)). This is the earliest English map showing the 5 Great Lakes. California is shown as an island.