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Totius Americae Descriptio Nova — P.C. Monath, c. 1760

P.C. Monath

Totius Americae Descriptio Nova

c. 1760  ·  Hand-colored engraving

$1,500Good

A striking hand-colored engraving of the Americas published in Nuremberg by P.C. Monath, after the influential cartographic tradition of the Homann firm. The map depicts both North and South America on a single sheet with a dramatic allegorical cartouche in the upper left featuring figures representing the New World. Vivid original hand coloring highlights the continental outlines and regional divisions. California is shown as an island — a persistent cartographic convention of the period. Mare del Zur (Pacific Ocean) and Mare Atlanticum are labeled in period orthography. A handsome and decorative map of the Western Hemisphere.

Condition: Original hand coloring. Some age toning consistent with period.

Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches.

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