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WYTFLIET, CORNELIS.
Florida et Apalche.
Double-page engraved map,
230x295 mm, wide margins. Nice copy. Louvain, 1597
[2,500/3,500]
Based on the Ortelius-Chaves map of 1584, but appearing in the first atlas entirely devoted
to the Americas.While the Ortelius map acted as a source for Wytfliet, much additional
information is provided here, particularly in the inland portions of the map. Burden 104;
Cumming 18.
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