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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]
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."
