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Auction 143, Lot 636
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"[Untitled - Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East]", Hole, William

Subject: Eastern Mediterranean & Middle East

Period: 1680 (circa)

Publication: Raleigh's The History of the World

Color: Hand Color

Size:
15.2 x 12.2 inches
38.6 x 31 cm
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Interesting map showing the division of the earth among the sons of Noah with extensive notations. There are graphic depictions of the passages of peoples into various regions from Babylon with the Tower of Babel pictured at center. William Hole engraved maps for Raleigh’s history, but there is no attribution on the map.

References: Laor #336.

Condition: A

On watermarked paper with wide margins.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $180

Closed on 2/13/2013

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