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Mr. Philip D. Burden
P.O. Box 863,
Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks HP6 9HD,
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0) 1494 76 33 13
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A fine detailed map of the region of the Straits of Magellan. From 1648 Nicolas Sanson produced a series of four quarto atlases on the continents. That of America was first published in 1657 and included this map. Sanson was France’s premier cartographer and helped to lift the field onto another level during his career. Pastoureau Sanson IIA no. 15; Shirley BL Atlases T.7a.
SANSON, Nicolas
Destroit de Magellan, Terre et Isles Magellanicques, &c.
Paris, 1657
200 x 250 mm., in early outline colour. In fine condition.
Stock number: 4564
SOLD