May 19, 2015 - Sale 2384

Sale 2384 - Lot 57

Price Realized: $ 2,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
HONDIUS, HENRICUS. America Septentrionalis. Double-page engraved map of North America with California as an island, 470x545 mm, trimmed to neatline, German text on verso: "BBB"; old hand-color in outline; several edge chips and faults, some repaired on verso, toned. Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius, [1641]
Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

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."