HULSIUS LEVINUS Descriptio Totius Orbis Terrae

Sale 2464 - Lot 88

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HULSIUS, LEVINUS. Descriptio Totius Orbis Terrae. Engraved double-hemispheric folding world map. 8x13 inches sheet size, wide margins, German text on verso; minor marginal soiling, crisp impression. Nuremberg, [1598]

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In the strapwork border appear medallion portraits of early navigators: Vespucci, Columbus, Drake, Cano, Magellan and Cavendish. The track of Magellan's circumnavigation can be followed on the map. Shirley 210, first state with pag. 1 at upper right.