Jun 07, 2012 - Sale 2280

Sale 2280 - Lot 122

Price Realized: $ 4,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 5,000
JANSSONIUS, JOANNES. Belgii Novi, Angliae Novae, et Partis Virginiae Novissima Delineatio. Double-page engraved map, 450x525 mm, wide margins; matted. Lovely copy. Amsterdam, circa 1660
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Second state of the map, with the addition of the De Raet dedication. "This map by Janssonius must be ranked as one of the frundamental prototype maps of America in the seventeenth century. The model and nomenclature first laid out here were followed by later cartographers for over 100 years . . ."--Burden 305. Campbell 2; McCorkle 650.1.