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SOUTH AMERICA -- ECUADOR -- "CARTE DE LA MERIDIENE mesurée Royaume de Quito . p. J. Juan & A. de Ulloa en 1744. Engr. map on 3 sheets. 230 x 1000 mm. (Margins cut, right margin map C dam./frayed and a bit soiled). -- "PLAN de la ville et cité de St. François de Quito". (1754). Plain engr. plan. 195 x 380 mm. -- "DESCRIPCION del Audiencia del Quito". (c. 1600). Engr. map, cold in outlines from 'Descripcion de las Indias Occidentales'. 205 x 246 mm. -- And 6 o. maps/plans/engrs. of Ecuador. (9).

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SOUTH AMERICA -- ECUADOR -- "CARTE DE LA MERIDIENE mesurée Royaume de Quito . p. J. Juan & A. de Ulloa en 1744. Engr. map on 3 sheets. 230 x 1000 mm. (Margins cut, right margin map C dam./frayed and a bit soiled). -- "PLAN de la ville et cité de St. François de Quito". (1754). Plain engr. plan. 195 x 380 mm. -- "DESCRIPCION del Audiencia del Quito". (c. 1600). Engr. map, cold in outlines from 'Descripcion de las Indias Occidentales'. 205 x 246 mm. -- And 6 o. maps/plans/engrs. of Ecuador. (9).

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