Lot 452
Ortelius Map of Cuba and Western Mexico. Copper-engraved map by Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) with: Culiacanae, Americae Regionis, Descriptio and Hispaniolae, Cubae, Aliarumque Insularum Circumiacientium, Delineatio on the same sheet, uncolored, 14 x 19¼ in., c. 1600. From Ortelius' atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, first printed in 1579. The top half shows detail along the western coast of Mexico; the bottom half shows Cuba, Hispaniola, the Antilles, Bahamas, and the tip of Florida, and is apparently the first printed map to focus on the West Indies. Some dampstaining, primarily visible in margins; small crease at upper left. With three lovely decorative cartouches and two ships. Very good.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
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