Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio

by A. Ortelius

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14 ⅞ x 19 inches. Fine original color. Excellent. In vibrant original color, this is a spectacular example of Ortelius' second map though third plate of the Americas, improving upon its predecessor in many important ways see below , most apparently in the removal of the large bulge on the west coast of South America.This updated revision of the first map of the Americas to appear in a modern atlas,

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