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[Asia]. "Nova Totius Asiae Tabula".
Engr. map by J. DE RAM, w. fine cartouche, 44,5x56 cm., without address, late 17th cent.
- Middle fold sm. tears at end closed w. scotch tape on recto (blank margin and at top also on border); vague offsetting. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Very rare and attractive map with many indigenous animals in Africa (ostriches, a lion, leopard, elephant and rhinoceros) and Russia (deer) and with incomplete coastlines of Nova Zembla, Kamchatka ("Yedso"), Papua New Guinea and Australia. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXI.
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