Americas. Bertius (Petrus & Tavernier Melchior), Carte de L'Amerique..., 1661
Americas. Bertius (Petrus & Tavernier Melchior). Carte de l'Amerique corrigée, et augmentée dessus toutes les aultres cy devant faictes par P. Bertius, 1661, uncoloured engraved map, with two inset maps of the polar regions, slight staining, 275 x 365 mm
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A later state of the Bertius/Tavernier map of 1627, which in turn was based upon Hondius's seminal map of the Americas. This example lacks all the additional embellishments of Galleons and sea monsters. Smaller than the original Bertius map, this example was published in Pierre d'Avity's "Description Generale de l'Amerique" Rare. P. Burden. The Mapping of North America, no.256, state 3.
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Americas. Bertius (Petrus & Tavernier Melchior). Carte de l'Amerique corrigée, et augmentée dessus toutes les aultres cy devant faictes par P. Bertius, 1661, uncoloured engraved map, with two inset maps of the polar regions, slight staining, 275 x 365 mm
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A later state of the Bertius/Tavernier map of 1627, which in turn was based upon Hondius's seminal map of the Americas. This example lacks all the additional embellishments of Galleons and sea monsters. Smaller than the original Bertius map, this example was published in Pierre d'Avity's "Description Generale de l'Amerique" Rare. P. Burden. The Mapping of North America, no.256, state 3.
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