Dec 05, 2017 - Sale 2464

Sale 2464 - Lot 43

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
DANCKERTS, JUSTUS. Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula. Double-page engraved double-hemispheric world map. 20 1/2x24 3/4 inches sheet size, ample margins; original hand-color; expert strengthening of sheet edges. Amsterdam, circa 1685

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The second of Danckerts' single-sheet world maps. By comparison to his earlier map (see preceding lot), the western coast of North America is extended west beyond the island of California, nearly abutting Japan; many new placenames appear in Australia; New Guinea appears as an island and the polar hemispheres have been extensively revised. Shirley 529.