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| Americae Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio. An early map of the Americas where P. Querini adopts Ortelius' first depiction of South America with a bulging Chilean coastline, the whole continent veering westwards. The west coast of North America is also shown extending too far west. New Guinea is also shown to the west joined to an unidentified land mass named " Terra del Fuego". Two sailing ships in the ( not named ) Oceans. Querini, like Ortelius, in this atlas pays tribute to Christopher Columbus for the discovery of ' Mondo Nouo' in 1492. Price: $ 480.00 |