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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 585310, member: 6444&quot;]I&#039;ve got several early maps in my collection. It takes a lot of research to decide that you have an original. A LOT of maps have been reprinted. At first glance this looks way too colorful to be original, a lot of those colors are fugitive. Furthermore it doesn&#039;t look like its on laid paper, though you haven&#039;t taken it out of the frame yet and you should to be sure. But comparison with known copies indicates it is a reprint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two early prints (plus the one Debora found). Apparently the plates were printed more than once in later editions, but none of the early printings I found had the people, animals and ships yours has nor the over-the-top colors. Notice they also have folds in the middle, because this map (and most maps you find) were published in books.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b531427002/f1.highres" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.swaen.com/os/Lgimg/11101.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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