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A rare separately published English produced CARTE-A-FIGURES map of the Americas. This is the second state of the map issued c.1671, with date removed and new address. Overton derived this map primarily from his two chief English rivals, Robert Walton, Thomas Jenner and as noted in the title, Nicolaes Visscher (Pieter van den Keere.) He used Walton’s (Burden 330) map for the decorative borders and large inset map of the polar regions, Jenner’s (Burden 393) for the cartography, and van den Keere’s (Burden 182) for the border illustrations, which depict natives, explorers, and city views. John Overton (1640-1713) was the son of a bookseller Henry Overton and married the daughter of the publisher William Garrett. He was a printseller who in 1665 acquired the stock of Peter Stent who had died of the plague that year and who had arguably the largest collection of prints on the market at the time. A beautiful map. Burden (1996-2007) 401; McLaughlin (1995) G.40, state 3.
OVERTON, John

New and Most Exact Map of America. Described by N. I. Visscher and Don [sic] into English Enlarged and Corrected According to I. Bleau [sic] and Others ...

Printed Colloured and Sould by John Overton at ye White Horse neere the Fountaine Tavern Without Newgate, London, 1668-[c.71]
420 x 535 mm., in modern outline colour. A tight but acceptable lower margin, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 3928

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