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Auction 121, Lot 413

"A New & Accurate Chart of the Western or Atlantic Ocean Drawn from the Most Approved Modern Maps, &c.", Bowen, Thomas

Subject: Atlantic Ocean

Period: 1788 (dated)

Publication: Banke's New System of Geography

Color: Black & White

Size:
10 x 8.3 inches
25.4 x 21.1 cm
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Finely engraved small chart centered on the Atlantic, including a small part of South America, the Caribee Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador, western Africa and Europe. The map is crossed with rhumb lines and adorned with a simple compass rose.

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Condition: A

There is a faint smudge in South America.

Estimate: $120 - $160

Sold for: $90

Closed on 9/26/2007

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