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Auction 129, Lot 840

"Plan de l'Ile de Paque [on sheet with] Plan de la Baie de Cook [and] Vues de l'Ile de Paque", La Perouse, Comte Jean F. Galoup, de

Subject: Easter Island

Period: 1797 (published)

Publication: Atlas du Voyage de La Perouse

Color: Black & White

Size:
27.2 x 19.6 inches
69.1 x 49.8 cm
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Two charts on one sheet. The map of Easter Island incorporates four approach views of the island. The plan of Cook’s Bay locates a plantation, banana farm, caves, and appears to locate several of the monuments as well.

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Condition: B

Issued folding with some toning along one fold and a few light stains.

Estimate: $300 - $375

Sold for: $210

Closed on 9/23/2009

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