Americas.- Florida.- Peru.- Ortelius (Abraham) Peruviae Auriferae Regionis Typus [on sheet with] La Florida [and] Guastecan Reg, [1609].

Americas.- Florida.- Peru.- Ortelius (Abraham) Peruviae Auriferae Regionis Typus [on sheet with] La Florida [and] Guastecan Reg, three maps on one sheet based on original Spanish sources, illustrating the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, and Peru, engraving with fine early hand-colouring, platemark 340 x 470 mm. (13 1/2 x 18 1/2 in), sheet 475 x 580 mm. (18 3/4 x 22 3/4 in), good margins, with Spanish text verso, central vertical fold with careful repairs to splitting, diagonal fold running through Peru, marginal minor surface dirt and finger-soiling, unframed, [Antwerp, 1609].

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⁂ The sources used to produce the map were said to have been compiled by Geronimo de Chaves, and were largely based on the expedition of Hernando de Soto, 1539-42.

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