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Auction 114, Lot 756

"The Mapmaker's Eye Nova Scotia Through Early Maps",

1 of 6

Subject: Reference Books

Period: 1988 (published)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
12 x 9 inches
30.5 x 22.9 cm
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Written by Joan Dawson, this is a fine collection of annotated maps and commentaries on Nova Scotia's cartographic history. The seventy maps illustrate the development of Nova Scotian culture and industry from the arrival of the first explorers to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Co-published by Nimbus Publishing Limited and The Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax. 156 pp. including references, bibliography and index. Soft illustrated cover.

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Condition: A

slight wear on edges.

Estimate: $50 - $60

Sold for: $80

Closed on 3/1/2006

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