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Italian map of North America by Guillame de L'Isle printed in Venice by Girolamo Albrizzi in 1740 en

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Italian map of North America by Guillame de L'Isle printed in Venice by Girolamo Albrizzi in 1740 en
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Italian map of North America by Guillame de L'Isle printed in Venice by Girolamo Albrizzi in 1740 entitled "Carta Geografica dell' America Settentrionale," hand colored, rare. 13-3/4" x 18-1/4". An interesting range of area from Baffin Bay in the north to Panama in the south but with the northwest corner empty and replaced with a lovely vignette of a shore of palms with two natives, one of them helping a shipwrecked sailor and Triton looking on at sea, all very colorful and in excellent condition.