EARLY 18TH C. DUTCH CHART OF PACIFIC OCEAN BY FREDERIK DE WIT (1629-1706) WITH CALIFORNIA AS AN
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"Magnuum Mare del Zur, cum Insula California, De Groote Zuyd-Zee en't Eylandt California; Gedruck't Amsterdam by Frederick De Wit ince Calver Street". Handcolored copper engraving. Engraver: Romeyn de Hooghe. First State. First edition: ca. 1671-76. This plate ca. 1680. From: Orbis Maritimus ofte Zee Atlas. Amsterdam, c. 1680. References: Burden - II, p. 96, #469; McLaughlin - #59; Clancy - p.118 Map 7.15.; Carhart de Wit (2016) - p. 473 C26.1 - First statePacific Ocean, by Frederick de Wit. ca. 1680.This map shows California as an island and Oceania: Australia, Van Diemens Land and New Zealand.Housed in birch box frame, matted under glass, OS: 27" x 30", SS: 19 1/2" x 22 1/2". Light staining, toned, two small holes.
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EARLY 18TH C. DUTCH CHART OF PACIFIC OCEAN BY FREDERIK DE WIT (1629-1706) WITH CALIFORNIA AS AN
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