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Auction 124, Lot 157

"Carte de la Louisiane, et de la Floride", Bonne, Rigobert

Subject: Colonial South

Period: 1780 (circa)

Publication: Raynal's Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8.4 x 12.6 inches
21.3 x 32 cm
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This handsome map of the American Southeast and the Mississippi River Valley extends from Charleston, South Carolina west to include New Orleans and north into Illinois. The Mississippi and Ohio Rivers are finely described. Florida is shown with its panhandle extending west to include Mobile and Biloxi. A small inset provides details of the Missouri River.

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Condition: A

A sound sheet with pleasant later color.

Estimate: $180 - $230

Sold for: $170

Closed on 5/7/2008

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