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Auction 112, Lot 106

"Partie de l'Amerique Septentrionale qui comprend le Canada, la Louisiane, le Labrador, le Groenland, la Nouvelle Angleterre, la Floride &c.", Bonne, Rigobert

Subject: Canada

Period: 1771 (dated)

Publication: Atlas Moderne

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.1 x 12.7 inches
43.4 x 32.3 cm
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This is the top sheet of a two-part map covering eastern Canada and Greenland from the bottom of Hudson Bay, northward beyond the Arctic Circle to about 70° N. Latitude. It includes an interesting depiction of a passage between Lake Winnipeg and Hudson Bay alluding to a possible passage to the Pacific. Decorated with a large title cartouche, uncolored. First state. The map has full borders and stands on its own without the other sheet.

References: Kershaw #473.

Condition: B

On thick paper with watermark. Original coloring. A little toning along centerfold, else very good.

Estimate: $180 - $220

Sold for: $100

Closed on 9/28/2005

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