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Auction 106, Lot 517
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"Nieuwe Kaart van Africa", Tirion, Isaac

Subject: Africa

Period: 1760 (circa)

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Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.7 x 11 inches
32.3 x 27.9 cm
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Handsome map of the continent with title in simple block but filled with interesting and fairly accurate cartography based on Delisle. The Nile is shown according to Paez and inland from Zanzibar lies a long lake Maravi (Malawi).

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Condition: A

Extraneous crease along fold, else very fine.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $210

Closed on 3/3/2004

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