Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

224 c   (WORLD WAR II.) Dai Toa Yozu. Large color-printed Japanese war map of the South Pacific on 4 sheets joined. 58 1 / 2 x82 inches overall, wide margins; folded; excellent condition. Japan, circa 1941 [1,000/1,500] As with the preceding lot, this Japanese Naval Office map is massive in its scale. The map was published shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor and anticipates the Pacific Theater with placements of naval bases and relative strengths of the United States and Great Britain. 225 c   WYTFLIET, CORNELIS. Limes Occidentis Quivira et Anian. 1597. Double-page engraved map of northwestern North America showing the mythical Northwest Passage and modern day Alaska. 12 1 / 4 x15 1 / 4 inches sheet size, wide margins; small repair to upper right corner, else fine. Burden 107, first state. Louvain, 1597 [800/1,200] 225