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Auction 147, Lot 663

"Chart of the Lines of Magnetic Variation, in the Seas around Africa", Bunney & Gold

Subject: Africa

Period: 1799 (dated)

Publication: Naval Chronicle

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.7 x 8.9 inches
29.7 x 22.6 cm
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This small chart depicts the magnetic variation in the south Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean surrounding Africa. Variation lines were measured by Captain Price. Published by Bunney and Gold.

References: Jolly #NAV-4.

Condition: A

Issued folding, now pressed on watermarked paper with minor offsetting from an opposing text page.

Estimate: $90 - $120

Sold for: $50

Closed on 11/20/2013

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