World.- Mortier (Pierre) Carte Generale de Toutes les Costes du Monde et les Pays Nouvellement
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World.- Mortier (Pierre) Carte Generale de Toutes les Costes du Monde et les Pays Nouvellement Decouvert, large two sheet map of the world, showing California as an island and recent coastal discoveries off New Zealand and Australia, the revised and enlarged state with engraved signature of Baltasar Ruyter below the neatline on the left sheet, engraving with some hand-colouring, on two sheets conjoined, total sheet 640 x 960 mm (25 1/4 x 37 3/4 in), manuscript date in black ink of '1709' added to upper right cartouche, old folds with careful repairs to splitting visible verso, some repaired tears to extremities, a few just affecting the plate, scattered spotting and minor surface dirt, unframed, [cf. Shirley 559], [1703 but circa 1730]
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World.- Mortier (Pierre) Carte Generale de Toutes les Costes du Monde et les Pays Nouvellement
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