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Auction 148, Lot 195

"Carte de la Partie Sud des Etats Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale", Bonne, Rigobert

Subject: Colonia Southeast United States

Period: 1780 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
12.3 x 8.3 inches
31.2 x 21.1 cm
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Attractive and concise copper-engraved map that covers the states of Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia in the new United States. All settlement is confined east of the Appalachians with les Cherokees the only note in the otherwise blank region west of the mountains. There are four distance scales located on the left side of the map.

References: Sellers & Van Ee #1406.

Condition: B

There is faint offsetting and a few small stains in the image. To the right of the title are a small hole and 0.5" tear that have been closed on verso with archival tape.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $60

Closed on 2/19/2014

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