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Auction 108, Lot 589

"Carte Particuliere des Detroits de Rottie et de Simao", Freycinet, Louis Claude Desaules de

Subject: East Indies - Indonesia

Period: 1803 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
19.2 x 13.7 inches
48.8 x 34.8 cm
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A detailed sea chart of West Timor and islands to the west. The tracks of the French ships Geographe, Casuarina and Naturaliste are shown during their search for the lost expedition of La Perouse in 1801-03.

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Condition: B

Scattered foxing and a small repaired tear below cartouche.

Estimate: $150 - $180

Unsold

Closed on 9/29/2004

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