12 cm · 4.7 in
18 cm · 7.1 in
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Framed and on the wall
Frame and rooms are illustrations of how the print could look, drawn to its real size; it is sold unframed unless the description says otherwise.
Maps and Sea Charts
Rare Original Miniature Map of Papua New Guinea and the Salomon Islands, 1600
New Guinea is now Papua.
£450
$605 · €540
Original print, not a reproduction
Ships worldwide from the Netherlands, insured and tracked. 14-day returns.
- Date
- 1600
- Sheet size
- 4.7 × 7.1 in (12 × 18 cm)
- Condition
- Good. The image is fine and nicely colored.
- Island
- New Guinea
- Place names
- New Guinea is now Papua
- Collection
- Maps and Sea Charts
- Period
- The spice race, before 1700
- Stock no.
- f_28546382
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Very handsome original old colored copper engraving of Papua and the Solomon Island. Title of the map 'Descriptio Novae Guneae et Inss. Salom.
On the reverse text in Latin.
Very interesting and decorative miniature map of this area over 400 years ago.
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