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November Premier Auction: Day 3

Sat, Nov 11, 2017 09:00AM EST - Sun, Nov 12, 2017 09:00AM EST
Lot 1067

Robert Morden - English Plantations in America

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

Bid Increments

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Robert Morden (d. 1703) and William Berry (fl. 1669-1708) makers A New Map of the English Plantations in America both Continent and Ilands Shewing their true Situation and distance from England or one with another. By Robert Morden, at the Atlas, in Cornhill nere the Royal Exchange, and William Berry at the Globe between York House and the New Exchange in the Strand, London, dated 1673, black and white line engraving, 17-3/4 x 21-1/2 in. (plate), 21 x 25-1/4 in. (overall); unframed Notes: This copy of the map was published in Mapping Virginia by William C. Wooldridge, figure 74, pp. 82-83. Wooldridge states that this is "the first general map of the American colonies." The inset map also shows the true situation of the colonies in relation to Britain. Provenance: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Proceeds to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund

Condition

matted and mounted, conservation to border and to top and bottom at center fold and at left center, fading and toning, minor period color at top right cartouche, half inch tear at bottom right, repair to tear northeast of the Caribbean Islands south of the Tropic of Cancer including the near-removal of possible period text "English/Spanish/French/Dutch", pencilled writing in bottom margin, small holes present at bottom central at the edge of the plate and near modern day Anguilla, possible pest damage in top margin, losses to corners