$2,583
North America, East Coast, Maine to Virginia. Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova. Amsterdam, c. 1640. Folding folio-format hand-colored copperplate engraved map on paper, cartouche with Native American Indians, two images of longhouse settlements, Native Americans in canoes off the coast, along with European sailing ships; the landscape includes depictions of bears, turkey, egrets, beavers, foxes, deer, rabbits, and other wildlife; the colony at Plymouth is noted, along with Manhattan, matted and framed, 20 x 15 1/2 in. sight.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-05-27