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Lot 237

Sale 873 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 12, 2021 10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$500 - 700
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$750
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[ASIA & AMERICA] -- ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni typus. [Antwerp: ca 1570]. 


Engraved map with later hand-coloring of Asia including the west coast of North America, 403 x 518 mm sheet, matted and framed. Strapwork cartouches, one flanked by a woman and a man, ships, and flying fish, Latin text verso. 

An early depiction of the Kingdom of Tartary, and one of the earliest obtainable maps showing California as an island. 

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