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Magini, 3 handcol maps, Asia, c.1621

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[Asia]. 3 engraved maps with Italian text on top and bottom edges. Very good overall, hand-colored. ++ XXVIII. Descrittione Del Potentissimo Imperio della Tartaria. Tartariae Imperium. Includes portion of imagined North America including Baja California; Japan appears as large island group halfway between Asia and North America. #167 upper right. ++ XXV. Universal Descrittio Del L'Asia. Asia. Includes Japan, part of New Guinea, and northwestern Australia. ++ XXXII. Descrittione Del L'Inde Oriente. India Orientalis. India, Southeast Asia, Phlippines, New Guinea, and small bit of Australia. Each map 5 3/4 in; each sheet 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. From Ptolemy's ''Geografia Cioe Descrittione Universale Della Terra Partita... edited by Antonio Magini Padovano. Paolo & Francesco Galignani Fratelli, [1621]. Phillips 436. Each shows various portion of North America.

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Quinn & Waverly Fine Maps & Atlases
3:30 PM PT - Apr 10th, 2008

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