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Ca.-1700 Dutch engraving by A. Leide working for Pierre (Pieter) vander Aa (1659-1733) entitled "Fig

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Ca.-1700 Dutch engraving by A. Leide working for Pierre (Pieter) vander Aa (1659-1733) entitled  Fig
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Ca.-1700 Dutch engraving by A. Leide working for Pierre (Pieter) vander Aa (1659-1733) entitled "Figures des Habitans dans l'Isle de Ladrones &c leurs Canoes" with mock-frame border, scarce. 19-1/4" x 15" total (image 13" x 8-1/2"). A striking rendering with ornate border for 3D effect showing natives in canoes meeting Europeans in their galleons off "Isla de Ladrones" (Island of Thieves, a name confusingly given to both Guam in the Pacific and an island off Panama), with brown hand-coloring, excellent condition (minor spotting and central fold only), executed by an assistant of the famous map and atlas publisher Pierre vander Aa.