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Auction 107, Lot 274

"A General Chart of the Western Ocean", Mount & Page

Subject: North Atlantic

Period: 1733 (circa)

Publication: The English Pilot

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23 x 18.4 inches
58.4 x 46.7 cm
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Handsome sea chart of the North Atlantic covering the coastlines from Newfoundland to Wild Brazile, and from Ireland to Guinea. Fine coastal detail including the fishing banks off Newfoundland and the shoals and reefs of the Caribbean. Decorated with a compass rose and rhumb lines.

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Condition: B

Margins trimmed to neatlines, apparently as issued. Slightly toned with a couple of very tiny edge tears.

Estimate: $600 - $700

Sold for: $325

Closed on 6/9/2004

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