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Carta Particolare Dell'Rio Della Plata Che Comincia ...

Carta Particolare Dell'Rio Della Plata Che Comincia ...

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A fine example of this rare and important chart showing the coast either side of the River Plate estuary, marking Buenos Aires. Sir Robert Dudley's "Dell Arcano Del Mare" is renowned as the first atlas of sea charts of the world. It was completed on a uniform Mercator projection, by an Englishman exiled to Florence, with charts elegantly engraved by the Florentine craftsman, Arnoldo Lucini.

region: Argentina
mapmaker: R.Dudley  
place and date of publication: Florence 1646-1661
medium and colour: copperplate, Uncoloured
size in cms: 74 x 46.5
ref: 15516
price: £ 1500

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