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Auction 112, Lot 683

"Nieuwe Kaart van Africa na de Addlerlaastste Ondekking int Licht Gebracht", Tirion, Isaac

Subject: Africa

Period: 1769 (published)

Publication: Nieuwe en Beknopte Hand Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.7 x 10.8 inches
32.3 x 27.4 cm
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Handsome map of the continent with title in a simple block-style cartouche. Filled with interesting and fairly accurate cartography based on Delisle. The Nile is shown according to Paez and inland from Zanzibar lies a long lake Maravi (Malawi).

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Condition: A+

Very wide original margins and color.

Estimate: $325 - $400

Sold for: $375

Closed on 9/28/2005

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