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Sebastian Münster 1488–1552 follow artist
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Novae Insulae XXVI Nova Tabula from the Cosmographia
Novae Insulae XXVI Nova Tabula from the Cosmographia
1540 / c. 1562
hand-colored woodcut 11¾ h × 14¾ w in (30 × 37 cm)
hand-colored woodcut 11¾ h × 14¾ w in (30 × 37 cm)
estimate: $2,500–3,500
result: $3,750
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Double-page woodcut map of the Western Hemisphere, showing North and South America, Magellan’s ship Victoria in the Pacific, flags of Portugal and Spain, printed latitude and longitude bars at the margin, Latin text verso, with later hand-color. Apparent sixth state of Münster's famous first true map of the continental Americas.
provenance: Estate of Florence Knoll Bassett
