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Auction 147, Lot 149

"New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pensilvania &c.", Moll, Herman

Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic

Period: 1708 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
10 x 7 inches
25.4 x 17.8 cm
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First state of Herman Moll's earliest map of New England with great early colonial detail throughout. New York is confined to a narrow strip along the Hudson River and New Jersey is divided into East and West New Jersey. The coastal area from Casco Bay to Chesapeake Bay is full of detail with a multitude of place names. The Massachusetts and Plymouth colonies are noted, as well as the location of the Sasqahana Indian Fort.

References: McCorkle #708.1.

Condition: B+

Issued folding with faint toning and an edge tear that extends 1.5" into the image at left that has been repaired on verso with archival material.

Estimate: $300 - $375

Sold for: $220

Closed on 11/20/2013

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