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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 134 - closed 12/1/2010

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Lot #716: "Carte des Iles Taiti" Ambroise Tardieu

Antique map chart Carte des Iles Taiti
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Estimate:
$140.00 - $180.00
Sold for: $100.00

Lot 716
By: Ambroise Tardieu
Subject: Tahiti
Date: 1834

Publication: Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde…

Condition: A
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Color: hand color

Size: 12.8 x 8.5 inches
32.6 x 21.6 cm

This detailed map of the islands of Tahiti and the Society Islands was drawn for Dumont d'Urville's important first voyage of explorations in the Pacific (1826-29). The voyage returned to France with an impressive load of hydrographical papers and collections of zoological, botanical and mineralogical reports, which were destined to strongly influence the scientific analysis of those regions.

Issued folded, now flattened.

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