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Auction 113, Lot 361

"[Lot of 2] Carte reduite du Detroit de Magellan [and] Plan van de Haven van St. Juliaan op de Kust van Patagonia", Bellin/Van Schley

Subject: Southern South America

Period: 1753-65 (circa)

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First is a detailed chart of the Strait of Magellan by J.N. Bellin from Prevost's Histoire des Voyages, dated 1753 (13 x 7"). Second is a nice chart of St. Julian harbor, located in Argentina on the east coast of Patagonia. It was engraved by Jan van Schley and published in a Dutch edition of Anson's Voyages, circa 1765 (6.5 x 8.5").

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Condition: A

Estimate: $120 - $170

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Closed on 12/7/2005

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