Dec 04, 2014 - Sale 2369

Sale 2369 - Lot 54

Price Realized: $ 2,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
HONDIUS, HENRICUS. America Septentrionalis. Double-page engraved map of North America with California as an island, 495x550 mm, ample margins, except on bottom, where expertly extended, Dutch text on verso: "VVV"; far bottom corners and margins expertly restored, otherwise a clean and dark impression. Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius, [1644]
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Burden 245.2, saying "Henricus Hondius' beautifully engraved map of North America had greater influence than any other to date in perpetuating the theory of California as an island."