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Auction 144, Lot 43

"Plan de la Baye de Chedabouctou Aujourd hui Havre de Milfort", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Nova Scotia, Canada

Period: 1744 (dated)

Publication: Histoire et Description de la Nouvelle France

Color: Black & White

Size:
11 x 8 inches
27.9 x 20.3 cm
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This map of Chedabucto Bay is located off the northeastern coast of Nova Scotia and just below Cape Breton Island. The map shows a few place names and coastal detail including several soundings and safe anchorages. Decorated by a large compass rose.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding on watermarked paper with some minor soiling and faint offsetting.

Estimate: $75 - $100

Sold for: $50

Closed on 4/3/2013

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