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North and South America. Three Small Framed Maps. Including: Herrera's Descripcion de las Yndias Ocidentales, uncolored, c. 1601, 14 1/4 x 11 1/2; John Gibson's A Map of the New Continent according to the greatest diametrical Length from the River la Plata to beyond the Lake of the Assiniboils, c. 1758, hand-colored; [and] a small format version of the Americae sive novi orbis nova descriptio, a book; sizes vary. (3)
Estimate $200-300
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