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Hulsius Map of S. America, 1599
Hulsius Map of S. America, 1599
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HULSIUS, Levinus (1564-1606)
Nova et exacta delineatio Americae Partis Australis Que est..
Engraved double-sheet map.
Nuremburg, 1599.
19" x 13 1/4" sheet.
Rare first edition of the Hulsius map of South America, which appeared in his "Brevis & admiranda descriptio regni Guianae, auri abundantissimi, in America" Hulsius' edition of Sir Walter Raleigh's travels in America. Includes allegorical and mythological figures, sea monsters and sailing ships along the coast line. The map was originally published by Hulsius to illustrate Schmidel´s Vera Historia, one of the volumes of his collection of voyages. This is one of the most accurate maps of northern South America of the 16th century.
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Hulsius Map of S. America, 1599

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