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Wenceslaus Hollar

Naues Mercatoriæ Hollandicæ per Indias Occidentales (Dutch West Indiaman)

1647
Etching; first or second state of two, the plate shows wear and the sheet is cut where the number would have appeaered
14.1 × 23.2 cm (5.6 × 9.1 in)

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