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THBAT WILLIAMSBURG - NO LONGER HERE - Robert Horne’s Rare Map of Carolina, 1666
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Asheville, NC 28802
United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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- Lot Description
Robert Horne, Carolina Described, London, 1666, printed in Horne's A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina on the Coasts of Florida..., with illustrated fauna and sailing ships, engraving on laid paper, 6-1/2 x 10 in.; carved and painted frame, 16-3/8 x 19 in.
Note: This map of the Carolina coast was originally included in a pamphlet published by Robert Horne (to whom the map is now attributed) with the intent of encouraging new settlers to emigrate to the area. Cumming notes that "[the pamphlet] is now very rare and the map itself still rarer, as it is usually not found in the extant copies."Literature: Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998, pg. 157-158, map 60.
Condition
hinged in on mat with archival tape, some light wear and staining at edges, repaired tear/reinforcement at upper right corner; frame with light wear
- Provenance
Richard B. Arkway, Inc., New York, NY (accompanied by copy of receipt dated May 2004 for $55,000);
Collection of Jean and Jim Barrow - Shipping Info
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