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Auction 138, Lot 300

"Guide Map Of The Mammoth Cave Kentucky",

Subject: Mammoth Cave, Kentucky

Period: 1907 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
18.8 x 14.8 inches
47.8 x 37.6 cm
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Folding map of Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, which is the longest known cave system in the world with 390 miles explored. The map has an index at upper-left locating 83 different locations within the cave and a table at upper-right is showing distances from the entrance to points of interest. Folds into stiff paper covers. The map was published by Horace Carter Hovey.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $75

Closed on 12/7/2011

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