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Moll, Herman, South America, engraved by George Vertue, circa 1726, captioned 'To the Right Honorable Charles Earl of Sunderland, and Baron Spencer of Wormleighton ... this Map of South America, According to the Newest and Most Exact Observations is Most Humbly Dedicated', consisting Map of South America with an inset view of the silver mines of Potosi in Bolivia, cartouche lower right flanked by native figures, surmounted by English Coat-of-Arms, Copper engraving, printed on two sheets, joined. 57 x 96cm (22.2 x 37.4 inches), in modern gold molded frame, under glass. Toning, minor rippling, later color. From: Moll Herman, The World Described, or a New and Correct Sett of Maps . . . London, J. & T. Bowles, ca. 1726. (Phillips (Atlases), 554)