AMERICA BY ROBERT MORDEN c1704 A GENUINE ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED MAP PRODUCED FOR "GEOGRAPHY ANATOMIZED" BY PATRICK GORDON PUBLISHED LONDON 1704 THIS MINIATURE MAP IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH A CLEAR IMPRESSION AND HAND COLOUR. THERE IS A FEINT CENTREFOLD CREASE AS PUBLISHED THIS IS A GENUINE ANTIQUE MAP OVER 320 YEARS OLD THE MAP MEASURES APPROX 18 x 15.5cms (7 x 6 ins) INCLUDING GOOD MARGINS ROBERT MORDEN (1650-1703) WAS A VERY TALLENTED MAPMAKER, GLOBE MAKER AND PUBLISHER ACTIVE IN LONDON. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS COLLECTION OF MAPS HE CREATED FOR GIBSON'S "CAMDEN'S BRITANNIA" HE ALSO PRODUCED IMPORTANT SMALLER MAPS OF ENGLISH COUNTIES AND WORLD MAPS WHICH ARE MUCH SCARCER THAN THE LARGER EXAMPLES.
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