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Auction: 15040 - Antique Maps sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 6

Maps
Asia
1690 (c.) Exactissima Asiae Delineatio In Praecipuas Regiones, by Allard bei Covens and Mortier; 25¼ x 21 inches, old coloured.

Fine map of Asia and the and the Northern tip of Australia, called Hollandia Nova. With a very decorative title cartouche lower left featuring camels, cockatoos and Eastern merchants bartering their wares. Information was taken from Nicolas Witsen's 6-sheet map of Tartary from 1687 as noted above the bottom border.

Unfolded but the margin slightly reduced at foot. Photo

Estimate
SG$2,000 to SG$2,500