Briggs, Henry
The North part of America Conteyning Newfoundland, new England, Virginia, Florida, new Spaine, and Noua Francia…and upon ye West the large and goodly Iland of California, 1625. London.
The Most Important Map of North America Published in England in the Seventeenth Century.
Fine example of Henry Briggs’ famous map of North America, one of the most important and influential printed maps of the seventeenth century. It was included in Samuel Purchas’ voyage collection Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas his Pilgrimes, one of the most well-known travel books ever published in English.
Fine example of Henry Briggs’ famous map of North America, one of the most important and influential printed maps of the seventeenth century. It was included in Samuel Purchas’ voyage collection Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas his Pilgrimes, one of the most well-known travel books ever published in English.
$ 22,500.00
355 x 292 mm. Faint variable toning and a light soiling.
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