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ALLARD, Carolus

Recentissima novi orbis sive Americae septentrionalis et meridionalis tabula
[ex. officina C. Allard]
ca. 1700
€300 - €500

Copper engraved map, 58 x 50 cm, hand coloured. Beautiful cartouche. Matted and framed

Allard's rare map of America, with a small inset of New Zealand, California as an island, and an unusual land bridge connecting the Northwest Coast of America with Japan. Allard's map includes one of the boldest depictions of the myth of Terra Esonis, a land bridge extending from Japan to the Straits of Anian. Ref. Tooley 65

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