BLOME RICHARD A New Mapp of America Septentrionale

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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, bottom corner chipped with loss to gradients. 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.