1597 Cornelis Wytfliet Antique Map Early Important Map of California & SW America Asia This finely engraved original map

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1597 Cornelis Wytfliet Antique Map Early Important Map of California & SW America Asia This finely engraved original mapTitle : Granata Nova et California Size: 15in x 12in (380mm x 305mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1597 Ref #: 41716 Description: A fine original antique, and incredibly important map the first to focus on California & the SW was published by Cornelis van Wytfliet in the 1597 edition of Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum. The first printed map devoted to California and the south west of the present day United States. One of the most