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Title: America noviter delineata Author: Jansson, Jan/Jodocus Hondius Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Date: [1652] Description: Copper-engraved map, hand-colored in outline & wash. 37.7x49.8 cm. (14¾x19½"). North and South America, with insets of both polar regions; only slight indication is given of the Great Lakes, California is still part of the mainland, and there is a very large lake in New Mexico around which are scattered the seven cities of Cibola. Seven sailing ships grace the ocean, pursued by three sea monsters. This is Jansson's publication of the Hondius map which first appeared in 1618, of which state there are only three known copies. The present state is the last listed by Burden, and the first to have Hondius' name removed from the plate. French text on verso. Burden 192, state 5; Wagner, Northwest Coast 313. Lot Amendments Condition: Some mottled darkening to the paper, a common occurrence with Jansson's maps, else very good. Item number: 170757