[Maps & Atlases] (Blaeu, Willem). Virginiae partis australis et Floridae...
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Sep 10, 2024
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[Maps & Atlases] (Blaeu, Willem). Virginiae partis australis et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumq regionum nova descriptio
Amsterdam: (Willem Blaeu), 1640. Second state (of two). Hand-colored engraved map. Latin text on verso. 19 1/2 x 23 3/4 in. (495 x 603 mm). In mat. Burden 253
Willem Blaeu's important and early map of the southeastern portion of North America, showing modern day northern Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland and portion of the Chesapeake Bay. France is shown as governing the southern portion of this land (although by this time they had been forced out by the Spanish) and Great Britain as ruler of the northeast.
A fine example.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
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