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Ca.-1655 German wood-cut engraving showing Cocos Island off Costa Rica.

Currency:USD Category:Art / Medium - Woodcut Start Price:125.00 USD Estimated At:125.00 - 200.00 USD
Ca.-1655 German wood-cut engraving showing Cocos Island off Costa Rica.
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Ca.-1655 German wood-cut engraving showing Cocos Island off Costa Rica. 8½" x 6¼". Fine engraving showing a galleon and attendant boats off the shore of a mountainous island with "Cocos Insula" written at top in reference to an island of that name off Costa Rica, the boats swarming with natives trading with the Europeans, with Old German type on back, printed by J. Gottfreidt of Frankfurt, Germany, in the 1600s, excellent condition, rare.