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MAPS – Group of seven engraved and hand-colored maps, majority published in Amsterdam, 16th-18th century.

1. ASIA – MERCATOR, Gerard. Asia ex magna orbis terre. [Amsterdam: 1595 or later.] Latin text on verso. Hand-colored.
2. VIRGINIA – BLAEU, Willem. Nova Virginae tabula. [Amsterdam: 1640 or later.] Latin text on verso. Hand-colored in outline.
3. BRITISH ISLES – GOOS, Pieter. Pas-Caart vant Canaal vertoonende int Gheheel Engelandt, Schotlandt, Yrlandt. Amsterdam: 1669. Rare and striking sea chart of the British Isles. Hand-colored in outline and with royal coat of arms heightened in gold.
4. NEW ENGLAND – JANSSON, Johannes. Nova Anglia, Belgium et Virginia. Amsterdam: c. 1637. English text on verso. Hand-colored in outline.
5. MOROCCO A Chart of ye Coast of Barbary from Cape Geer … to the Golfe of St. Anne. [London: Mount and Page, 1751]. (Margins chipped.)
6. BOSTON A Plan of the Town and Chart of the Harbor of Boston. London: February, 1775.
7. AMERICAN SOUTHEAST – ZATTA, Antonio. Parte orientale della Florida della Georgia, e Carolina Meridionale. [Venice: 1778.] Single-sheet only from a larger map. Hand-colored in outline.

Together, seven double-page engraved maps, folio size. Condition varies; overall very good.
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