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Auction 106, Lot 504

"Terre de Kerguelen, Appellee par M. Cook, Isle de la Desolation", Bonne, Rigobert

Subject: Indian Ocean

Period: 1788 (published)

Publication: Atlas Encyclopedique

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13.7 x 9.2 inches
34.8 x 23.4 cm
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Copper engraved map of the Kerguelen Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean. It shows the tracks of Captain James Cook who sheltered from a storm at Kerguelen on Christmas Day, 1776. Three insets show detail of small islands and harbors (including Christmas Harbor). Large compass rose.

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Condition: A

Later color.

Estimate: $75 - $100

Sold for: $50

Closed on 3/3/2004

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