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America Title: America noviter delineata Cartographer: Mercator, G. Published: Amsterdam, I.E. Cloppenburgh, Date: 1630 . Size: [18,8 x 25,8 cm] Technic: Copper-engraving / Uncolored Description: A decorative and small 17th century map of America, nicely ornated with ships and sea monsters in the sea. Published in the first Cloppenburgh edition of Gerhard Mercator's "Atlas Minor" in 1630, verso French text. This is the first so-called Cloppenburgh editions which was a competive edition with new engraved maps in a larger format. Most of the maps were engraved by Pieter van den Keere. The Cloppenburg edition was continued for a couple of years but seems to have been suppressed after 1636 ... (Koeman Atlantes Neerlandici). Notes: In excellent condition. A fine copy in a dark impression, full margins as published. Condition: Excellent Reference: Koeman, ME 198 Price: /
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