Venice, c.1742. Coloured. 295 x 360mm. A very decorative double-hemisphere world map, with female allegorical figures of the continents in the corners and an armillary sphere in the upper cusp. The map shows explorer's routes, including Magellan and Tasman; the NW Coast of America is left blank; Australia is depicted as attached to New Guinea; and New Zealand is incomplete, half a century before Cook. Seller Inventory # 22318

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Title: Mappamondo, o sia Descrizione Generale del ...

Publication Date: 1742

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Antique Map Dealer, since 1992, specialist in: Original Antique Maps, Rare Maps, Sea Charts, Antique Prints, Wall Maps, Celestial Maps, Globes and Atlases. Our Gallery is located in the center of London opposite Sotheby's auction house, between Oxford Circus and Bond Street. Visitors are welcome, our opening ours are: Monday-Friday 10 am to 6 PM, Saturdays 10 AM to 4 PM.

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