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Auction 122, Lot 38

"Weltkarte nach den Vorzuglichstein Hulfsmitteln und Neuesten Entdeckungen Verfasst", Mollo, Tranquillo

Subject: World

Period: 1818 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.3 x 12.8 inches
43.9 x 32.5 cm
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This attractive and unusual map of the world is presented on Mercator's projection. The interesting topography is rather speculative, particularly in the American West where a number of mountain ranges converge at a point named Quelle des Missuri. The shorelines of Australia and New Zealand are fully delineated. There are notes from various explorations throughout the map.

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Condition: B+

Original outline color on light blue French paper with a small repaired wormhole in the blank area off the Indian Ocean. The margins have some light soil and a couple binding holes.

Estimate: $300 - $400

Unsold

Closed on 12/5/2007

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