1639 Mercator Hondius Antique Map of Gulf of Venice, Istra, Italy, Slovenia America which could then be bartered

which could then be bartered for Chinese goods that were highly prized in England

MDCCLXXIV (1774)

estimated by Pitt at £1000 per volume

The ships sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to reach the west coast of America in February of 1778

who he may have already known from Dürer\'s first Italian trip (a passage in a letter of Dürer\'s is ambiguous)

1639 Mercator Hondius Antique Map of Gulf of Venice, Istra, Italy, Slovenia America which could then be barteredTitle : Karstia, Carniola, Histria et Windorum Marchia Ref #: 43152 Size: 21 1 2in x 18 1 2in (550mm x 470mm) Date : 1639 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This beautifully hand coloured original antique map of northern Adriatic Sea and the Gulf of Venice centered on Istria, showing present day north eastern Italy, a large part of Slovenia and northern Croatia extending from Venice to the Island of Arbe and from Doblach to Pettau on the