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Lot 466: [New World]. Giacomo Gastaldi. Tierra Nova.

Est: $1,500 USD - $2,500 USD
Quinn's Auction GalleriesFalls Church, VA, USNovember 13, 2008

Item Overview

Description

[New World]. Giacomo Gastaldi. Tierra Nova. Double-page copper-engraved map of South America. (nd). From ''La Geografia Di Claudio Ptolomeo Alessandrino...,'' [Venice: Pedrezaono, 1548], earliest edition of the atlas to include maps of North America. Philips 369. 5 x 7 5/8, on 6 5/8 x 7 7/8 inches. Italian text on verso right side, plate number ''54.'' First engraved map of South America. Shows the Andes extending from 32 to 8 degrees South, Brazilian highlands from 38 to 15 degrees South. Includes Amazon River (running southwest to northeast), Panamanian Isthmus, Strait of Magellan, Santo Domingo, Tobago, Trinidad, and small portion of coast of western Africa. Later skillful hand-coloring.

Artist or Maker

Condition Report

Near fine, with two short tape strips to verso's upper edge.

Auction Details

Fine Books, Maps & Atlases

by
Quinn's Auction Galleries
November 13, 2008, 06:30 PM EST

431 N. Maple Avenue, Falls Church, VA, 22046-4203, US