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Auction 147, Lot 691
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"Karte von dem Archipelagus St. Lazarus oder den Marianischen Inseln...", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Mariana Islands

Period: 1752 (dated)

Publication: Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
6.1 x 8.9 inches
15.5 x 22.6 cm
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German version of this attractive chart of the Mariana Islands that includes an inset of Guam with its harbors, rivers, and mountains. Fleur-de-lys and rhumb lines make this an attractive little chart.

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Condition: B+

A nice impression remargined at left with a sliver of space between the new margin and the neatline at bottom right. There is also minor soiling.

Estimate: $80 - $100

Sold for: $40

Closed on 11/20/2013

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