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Auction 138, Lot 652

"Partie de la Mer Glaciale Contenant la Nouvelle Zemle et le Pais des Samoiedes…", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Novaya Zemlya, Russia

Period: 1758 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13.8 x 8.8 inches
35.1 x 22.4 cm
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This map features Novaya Zemlya, the island off northern Russia in the Barents Sea, and extends to about Dikson in the east. Embellished with rhumb lines and a decorative cartouche.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding with some minor toning in the blank margin and very minor offsetting.

Estimate: $70 - $100

Sold for: $40

Closed on 12/7/2011

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