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Auction 103, Lot 471

"Cartes Particulieres des Isles de France, de Bourbon et de Rodrigue", Bonne, Rigobert

Subject: Indian Ocean

Period: 1779 (circa)

Publication: Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.6 x 8.4 inches
32 x 21.3 cm
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A general chart with tradewinds noted, plus 3 well-engraved insets with good detail of the islands of Reunion, Mauritius and Rodrigue. An erupting volcano is shown on Bourbon, now known as Reunion.

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Condition: A

Later color, small fold separation in top margin.

Estimate: $40 - $60

Sold for: $30

Closed on 6/11/2003

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