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Auction 136, Lot 765

"Plan de l'Ile Tonga-Tabou Leve et dresse par M.E. Paris, Enseigne de Vaisseau. Expedition de la Corvette de S.M. l'Astrolabe", Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sebasian Cesar

Subject: Pacific Islands, Tonga

Period: 1835 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
23 x 16.7 inches
58.4 x 42.4 cm
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Detailed chart of the major island in the Tonga group (Friendly Islands) showing the routes of the Astrolabe in 1827, and Capt. Cook's Resolution in 1777.

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Condition: A

Mild soiling in map and a few small tears in the blank margin which have been repaired with tissue on verso.

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $150

Closed on 6/1/2011

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