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Auction 113, Lot 124

"A Chart of the Gulf of St. Laurence, Composed From a Great Number of Actual Surveys and other Materials, Regulated and Connected by Astronomical Observations", Jefferys/Sayer & Bennett

Subject: Canada

Period: 1775 (dated)

Publication: The American Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.5 x 24 inches
49.5 x 61 cm
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First state of this handsome sailing chart of the gulf, embracing Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and New Britain, complete with rhumb lines, soundings, shoals and numerous notations. The coastlines are presented in great detail with a profusion of harbors and ports being named. A table of Astronomical Observations lists the latitude and longitude of various major ports. This is an excellent example of the work of Thomas Jeffreys, one of the most outstanding English cartographers of the late 18th century.

References: Kershaw #597; Phillips (A) #1165-10.

Condition: B

Original outline coloring. Lightly toned with a bit of scattered foxing. Minor tears at edges, not affecting map.

Estimate: $400 - $475

Unsold

Closed on 12/7/2005

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