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Auction 116, Lot 407

"Atlantic Islands", Thomson, John

Subject: Atlantic Ocean

Period: 1814 (dated)

Publication: A New General Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23 x 19.5 inches
58.4 x 49.5 cm
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This large chart contains four maps arrayed around a central vignette scene of "The Peak of Teneriffe." The maps include the Cape Verde Islands, the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira. There are detailed insets of part of Fayal and Lancarota.

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Condition: B

An extraneous crease at bottom center, else very good.

Estimate: $200 - $275

Sold for: $100

Closed on 9/20/2006

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