Maps
Lots 236-249 *236 [AMERICAS] -- MUENSTER, Sebastian (1489-1552). Tavola dell’isole noue. Basel, ca 1550. Engraved map of the Americas with later hand-coloring, 306 x 407 mm sheet, framed. “Cum privilegio 1550” printed lower margin, Ferdinand Magellan’s ship, the flag of the kingdoms of Castile, title in Italian, place names in Latin, no text verso. (5-in. tear crossing image repaired verso, some overall browning.) The first map to use “Mare pacificum,” one of the earliest maps depicting North and South America, and one of the earliest depictions of Japan. Property from the Estate of W.M. Bogdanowicz, Madison, Wisconsin and Naples, Florida $1,000 - 2,000
237 [ASIA & AMERICA] -- ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni typus. [Antwerp: ca 1570]. Engraved map with later hand-coloring of Asia including the west coast of North America, 403 x 518 mm sheet, matted and framed. Strapwork cartouches, one flanked by a woman and a man, ships, and flying fish, Latin text verso. An early depiction of the Kingdom of Tartary, and one of the earliest obtainable maps showing California as an island. $500 - 700
238 [ASIA] -- MUENSTER, Sebastian (1489-1552). Tavola della Oriental Regione dell’Asia, che Comprende l’Estreme Terre, & Regni di Quella. [Basel, ca 1550]. Woodcut map of Asian with hand-coloring, 278 x 352 mm sight, matted and framed (unexamined out of frame). Mermaid creature and sea monster. Provenance: The Asian Collector (gallery label on back of frame). One of the earliest maps of China based on the geographical discoveries of Portuguese navigators. $600 - 800
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