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Auction 105, Lot 115

"Carte de l'Acadie, Isle Royale et Pais Voisins", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Canada - Maritimes

Period: 1757 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
13 x 8.3 inches
33 x 21.1 cm
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Strongly engraved chart with decorative rococo-style cartouche. Shows in good detail Prince Edward Island, here called Isle Saint Jean, and covers all of Nova Scotia including Cape Breton. Locates numerous banks south of Nova Scotia.

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Condition: B

Light water stain along centerfold.

Estimate: $100 - $140

Sold for: $250

Closed on 12/3/2003

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