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Auction 142, Lot 93

"Nouvelle Carte des Parties Occidentales du Monde Servant a Indiquer les Navigations Decouvertes et Etablissements Des Hollandois en Amerique Suivant les Dernieres Observations", Philippe De Pretot, Etienne Andre

Subject: Western Hemisphere

Period: 1787 (circa)

Publication: Genty's l'Influence de la Decouverte de l'Amerique

Color: Hand Color

Size:
14.1 x 13.4 inches
35.8 x 34 cm
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A beautiful French edition of Tirion's 1754 map of the Americas. The maps are identical except that a highly decorated scrollwork and floral cartouche has replaced Tirion’s plain cartouche. A Northwest Passage is shown through North America, beginning at the Great Lakes and ending in a large river emptying into the Pacific at about 50 deg. N. latitude. Notes on the map highlight the Russian discoveries in Alaska in 1743 and the possible existence of Quivira and Teguaio in the western US. Engraved by Jean Lattre.

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Condition: A

A fine impression on watermarked paper with a couple of faint spots. Issued folding with a binding trim at top left that has been repaired with old paper.

Estimate: $400 - $500

Unsold

Closed on 11/28/2012

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