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Auction 195, Lot 483
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"Carte de la Manche Faite par Ordre du Roy pour le Service de ses Armees de Mer", Jaillot, Alexis-Hubert

Subject: English Channel

Period: 1692 (dated)

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Color: Hand Color

Size:
31.9 x 23 inches
81 x 58.4 cm
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This boldly engraved double-page chart centers on the English Channel and details southern Britain and northern France. From the north, the map extends from Bedford south to Brittany, and inland to Paris on the Seine and London on the Thames. Just the southern tip of Ireland is included. It includes a compass rose, rhumb lines and other features more typical of a sea chart. Printed on two sheets, joined. A rarely seen map.

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Condition: A

A sharp impression with a small chip at top right and an archivally repaired tear in the bottom margin.

Estimate: $600 - $750

Sold for: $450

Closed on 11/15/2023

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