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Pub Year	Map Maker	Pub Place	Map Title	Map Price (USD)	Picture
1665	Blaeu, Willem & Jan	Amsterdam	Nova Hispania et Nova Galica	$1,250	Picture

A copper plate engraved map, with hand colored outlines

Size: 15 inches X 19.5 inches

Map Type: Atlas

This is a superior copy, extremely clean with vivid colors.

Blaeu maps are renowned for the consummate care and attention apparent in every stage of production - using only the best paper with finely engraved plates and a high standard of printing.

A highly decorative map of the western coastal regions of Mexico. Mexico City is illustrated on a large lake below an elaborate title cartouche of the Royal Spanish Arms. Several gold and silver mines are identified in the central region. Two galleons are pictured in the Pacific and armadillos are shown above a key to 23 additional locations.

References: Atlas Major of 1665, pp 548-549, Taschen, Benedikt, Koln, 2005; A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress, 479, Phillips, P.L, Government Printing Office, Washington