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Carta prima Generale dell' Asia.
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FIRST STATE of Robert Dudley's general chart of the Persian Gulf, going east through India to the southeastern coast of China showing Macau and the area of present-day Hong Kong. The map goes south through the Philippines, passing through Borneo, the western part of Celebes (now Sulawesi, Indonesia). It also includes the Maldives and the Chagos Archipelago.
This elegant sea chart is crisply engraved in the sparse Florentine style with superb calligraphy throughout. Very decorative chart from the first sea atlas by an Englishman, the first sea atlas of the whole world, and the first compiled from sea-charts prepared on Mercator's projection.
This elegant sea chart is crisply engraved in the sparse Florentine style with superb calligraphy throughout. Very decorative chart from the first sea atlas by an Englishman, the first sea atlas of the whole world, and the first compiled from sea-charts prepared on Mercator's projection.
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- Your stock number
- 42294
- Maker / Publisher
- DUDLEY, R.
- Place
- Florence, 1646
- Date
- Florence, 1646
- Color
- Uncoloured
- Height
- 480
- Width
- 750
- Condition
- Short upper margin, in general in mint condition.
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- Amsterdam, Alabama, United States
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