Title: Magnum Mare del Zur cum Insula California. De Groote Zuyd-Zee en 't Eylandt California Author: De Wit Frederick Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Date: 1675 Description: Copper-engraved chart, hand-colored in outline, colored pictorial cartouche. 50x57 cm. (19½x20½"). Frederick de Wit's chart of the Pacific with California an island. McLaughlin notes "California with indented northern coast and emphasis on Pacific Ocean... Title cartouche (lower right) with portrait of Magellan and winged cherubs above, and with Neptune and female riding horses on the water." Leighly 67; McLaughlin 59, state 1; Tooley 40; Wagner 411. Lot Amendments Condition: Paper somewhat brittle with some toning, darkened along centerfold, several marginal chips, a few neat repairs on verso including old paper backing behind cartouche; good to very good. Item number: 216966
Title: Magnum Mare del Zur cum Insula California. De Groote Zuyd-Zee en 't Eylandt California Author: De Wit Frederick Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Date: 1675 Description: Copper-engraved chart, hand-colored in outline, colored pictorial cartouche. 50x57 cm. (19½x20½"). Frederick de Wit's chart of the Pacific with California an island. McLaughlin notes "California with indented northern coast and emphasis on Pacific Ocean... Title cartouche (lower right) with portrait of Magellan and winged cherubs above, and with Neptune and female riding horses on the water." Leighly 67; McLaughlin 59, state 1; Tooley 40; Wagner 411. Lot Amendments Condition: Paper somewhat brittle with some toning, darkened along centerfold, several marginal chips, a few neat repairs on verso including old paper backing behind cartouche; good to very good. Item number: 216966
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