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TAVERNIER, Melchior (c.1564-1644). Carte de l' Amerique Nouvellement dressée suivant les Nouvelles descouvertes, [Paris:] "L' Isle du Palais sur le quay à La Sphere Royalle", 1661. Circular engraved map, title within figural cartouche. (Torn without loss, laid down on fine paper.) Diameter (including border) 295mm.
With 6 other hemispherical maps of America, 18th- and early 19th-century, including Guillaume de l' Isle's Hemisphere Occidental Dressée en 1720 (Paris, 1745) and Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville's Hémisphere Occidental ou du Nouveau Monde ([Paris], 1761, 3 copies). (7)
With 6 other hemispherical maps of America, 18th- and early 19th-century, including Guillaume de l' Isle's Hemisphere Occidental Dressée en 1720 (Paris, 1745) and Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville's Hémisphere Occidental ou du Nouveau Monde ([Paris], 1761, 3 copies). (7)
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