Sold for:
$554
$554
North and South America. Sebastian Munster (1488-1552) Americae sive Novi Orbis, Novi Descriptio . Basel: [circa 1590]. Small double-page folio map on paper, hand-colored copper-plate engraving, with typographical text in German above the top border and in the two lozenge-shaped compartments, matted and framed, with North America colored pink, Mexico a dark green, South America in yellow, and the sea a pale blue, 15 x 13 in. visible. This updated version of the charming 1540 Munster map of the Americas includes some new information and revisions which make the continents much more recognizable to a modern viewer.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-05-31
