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America - Antique map

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America."America. Con Pri". Orig. copper-engraving from G. Botero's "La Relationi Univarsali". Published in Venice by N. Polo, 1595. With engraved title above the map. 19:24,5 cm (7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inch.).

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Botero, Giovanni

Nicolo Polo

Venice

1595

America."America. Con Pri". Orig. copper-engraving from G. Botero's "La Relationi Univarsali". Published in Venice by N. Polo, 1595. With engraved title above the map. 19:24,5 cm (7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inch.).

Burden: The Mapping of North America, map nr. 86, 1st state. - Giovanni Botero (1540-1617), was a Piedmontese priest, geographer and Secretary to the Duke of Savoy. - Margins on the left and at the top closely trimmed, but without a loss of the picture. A very small crack in the lower centerfold expertly restored.

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