Ortelius's Famous Map of America

Americae sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). Engraved map with hand color in full. Antwerp, c. 1587 (1598 dutch text). 14 1/2 x 20 inches visible, 25 1/2 x 31 inches framed. One of the most famous and easily recongnised maps of America, and one that is both functional and decorative, which had an enormous influence on he future of cartography in the New World. This is from the first state of the third and final plate, as evidenced by the removal of the famous Chilean bulge. (Burden)