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WALDSEEMÜLER, MARTIN.
Tabula terrae nouae
[from the verso]. Double-
page wood-engraved map of the New World, 290x375 mm image size, wide margins,
Latin text on verso. Strassburg, 1541
[8,000/12,000]
The map originally appeared in 1522 and went through 3 successive editions after that.This
edition is identified by the map title as given on the verso and the final line of text which
protests against the name “America.” Burden 4.
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WELLS, EDWARD.
A New Map of the most Considerable Plantations of
the English in America.
Double-page engraved map, 360x485 mm, ample margins as
is but with modern extensions; fold reinforced on verso but with minuscule loss visible
when held to light. First state. Burden 773; McCorkle 700.9; Cumming 130.
London, 1700
[600/900]
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