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Auction 106, Lot 95

"North America", Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

Subject: North America

Period: 1849 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.8 x 15.5 inches
32.5 x 39.4 cm
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Great transitional map showing political boundaries established at the conclusion of the Mexican/American War. In the west are large Indian, Missouri and Oregon Territories. Salt Lake is Lake Ashley, New Mexico is also named Santa Fe, and the southwest is labeled Sandy Plain.

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Condition: A

Original colors are pleasantly muted.

Estimate: $200 - $240

Sold for: $160

Closed on 3/3/2004

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