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Auction 103, Lot 495

"Carte Particuliere des Isles Moluques", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: East Indies - Indonesia

Period: 1750 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
6 x 8.5 inches
15.2 x 21.6 cm
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Copper-engraved map of the western coast of Irian Jaya and the Moluccos Islands, the famous Spice Islands, the cornerstone of the Dutch trading empire in the East Indies. The map locates the settlements and forts on each island.

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Condition: A

Minor stains in blank margins.

Estimate: $80 - $100

Sold for: $60

Closed on 6/11/2003

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