Dec 11, 2003 - Sale 1990

Sale 1990 - Lot 50

Price Realized: $ 1,610
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
DUDLEY, ROBERT. Carta particolare dello stretto di Jezo fra l'America e l'Isola Jezo. Engraved map, 485x390 mm, wide margins; minor foxing and toning. Florence, 1661
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Burden's second state with the addition of the volume number to the cartouche. "This is the first printed sea chart of the north-west coast of North America, depicting the coastline as far north as 50 degrees. It uses Mercator's projection for the first time and is the earliest to indicate the prevailing winds and ocean currents"--Burden 284.