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Auction 109, Lot 631

"Nouvelle Carte de l'Empire de la Chine et les Pais circonvoisins", Tirion, Isaac

Subject: China, Korea & Japan

Period: 1769 (published)

Publication: Nieuwe en Beknopte Hand Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13 x 10 inches
33 x 25.4 cm
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An interesting map of China, Korea and Japan. The Great Wall is shown as well as the Gobi Desert. Kamchatka, the Korean peninsula and Japan are oddly shaped. The Sea of Japan is labeled Mer de Coree.

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Condition: A+

Wide original margins and color.

Estimate: $275 - $325

Sold for: $200

Closed on 12/1/2004

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