Homann: Antique Map of North & South America, 1740
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Single sheet laid on stiff board and wrapped in clear plastic. Colored map of the western hemisphere c. 1740 showing California as a peninsula rather than an island and with several place names in Baja California but no details or place names in Alta California [despite the published explorations of Cabrillo and Vizcaino, illustrating the slow diffusion of knowledge in the days before rapid transportation and electronic transmission]. In fact the map shows the northwest coast of America extending far to the north and west with no cartographic details and the latin term “Terra Esonis Incognita” printed therein.
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Faint vertical crease in the center from previous folding, otherwise in fine condition
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Homann: Antique Map of North & South America, 1740
Estimate $900 - $1,000
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