Dec 09, 2004 - Sale 2027

Sale 2027 - Lot 166

Price Realized: $ 1,265
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Peruviae / La Florida / Guastecan. Double-page engraved map, 330x465mm, wide margins, Latin text on verso; hand-colored and in outline; dampstaining in the top and bottom margins just entering the image at the bottom. Antwerp, 1584
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"This is one of very few maps printed in the sixteenth century that was based upon original Spanish sources . . . The map provided the foundation cartography for the region [i.e. the Gulf coast and the southeastern U. S.], particularly noticeable by the depiction of the river system"--Burden 57.