Lot 27
Lot 27
Carte Nouvelle de la Mer du Sud. Amsterdam: [c. 1730].

ANDRIES DE LETH (C. 1662-1731) AND HENDRIK DE LETH THE ELDER (1703-1766)

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    Carte Nouvelle de la Mer du Sud. Amsterdam: [c. 1730].

    ANDRIES DE LETH (C. 1662-1731) AND HENDRIK DE LETH THE ELDER (1703-1766)
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    LETH, Andries de (c.1662-1731) and Hendrik de LETH the elder (1703-1766). Carte Nouvelle de la Mer du Sud. Amsterdam: [c.1730].

    Hand-coloured engraved map on 2 joined sheets, title, most cartouches and placenames in French, one cartouche in Latin and one in Dutch, engraved vignettes include: a large view of the Cape of Good Hope set within an elaborate border decorated with monkeys and big cats; a plan of Mexico City surrounded by indigenous scenes and the Spanish Conquest; a triptych of plans and charts of Vera Cruz, Rio de Janeiro and Havana; small inset charts of Porto Bello, Isthmus of Panama, and the Straits of Gibraltar; with the routes of Magellan and the trade route from Europe to south-east Asia, via Mexico and the west coast of north America, 590 x 920mm. (plate mark), 643 x 1015mm. (sheet)

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