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Auction 102, Lot 87

"Charte von America. Nach den neusten Materialien…", Streit, Friedrich Wilhelm

Subject: Western Hemisphere

Period: 1810 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.5 x 22.8 inches
47 x 57.9 cm
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Very detailed German map of the Americas. Original outline color, with color key at bottom right. Inset of Alaska with good coastal detail. The United States is depicted with its new acquisition of Louisiana Territory The boundaries in the west, between both Canada and Mexico, are not delineated and the unexplored regions are left blank. The South American continent is very well mapped and filled with detail.

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Condition: A

A bit of light surface soil, overall very good.

Estimate: $400 - $450

Sold for: $300

Closed on 3/5/2003

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