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Auction 102, Lot 511

"Australia", Colton, Joseph Hutchins

Subject: Australia

Period: 1855 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
15.5 x 13.2 inches
39.4 x 33.5 cm
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Nice map of Australia noteworthy for the complete lack of interior detail except in New South Wales and Victoria. In South Australia a track of land is labeled Torrens Basin and Stony Desert. The counties are named in a table and the map is surrounded in a scroll border.

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Condition: A

One tiny tear in the top left blank margin.

Estimate: $100 - $150

Sold for: $110

Closed on 3/5/2003

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