ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Americae sive Novi orbis nova descriptio. Antwerp: 1587 [but either 1608 or 1612]. Engraved double-page map with contemporary hand-colouring, Italian text on verso. (A little light surface wear, margins spotted and frayed, right-hand margin slightly split long plate mark, upper margin with brown mounting paper attached, paper repairs on verso.) 417 x 530mm.
Ortelius’ strikingly attractive presentation of the Americas. The Strait of Magellan, entered by the Portuguese navigator on 1 November 1520, is shown, but Tierra del Fuego is made part of the large southern continent.
ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Americae sive Novi orbis nova descriptio. Antwerp: 1587 [but either 1608 or 1612]. Engraved double-page map with contemporary hand-colouring, Italian text on verso. (A little light surface wear, margins spotted and frayed, right-hand margin slightly split long plate mark, upper margin with brown mounting paper attached, paper repairs on verso.) 417 x 530mm.
Ortelius’ strikingly attractive presentation of the Americas. The Strait of Magellan, entered by the Portuguese navigator on 1 November 1520, is shown, but Tierra del Fuego is made part of the large southern continent.
![ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Americae sive Novi orbis nova descriptio. Antwerp: 1587 [but either 1608 or 1612]. Engraved double-page map with contemporary hand-colouring, Italian text on verso. (A little light surface wear, margins spotted and frayed, right-hand margin slightly split long plate mark, upper margin with brown mounting paper attached, paper repairs on verso.) 417 x 530mm.](/lot-images/5783064/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_05267_0200_000(ortelius_abraham_americae_sive_novi_orbis_nova_descriptio_antwerp_1587113007).jpg?maxwidth=3840)