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Auction 172, Lot 369
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"A New & Accurate Chart of the Western or Atlantic Ocean Drawn from the Most Approved Modern Maps &c", Bowen, Thomas

Subject: North Atlantic Ocean

Period: 1778 (dated)

Publication: A New and Complete System of Geography...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
10.5 x 8.4 inches
26.7 x 21.3 cm
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Finely engraved small chart centered on the Atlantic, including a small part of South America, the Caribee Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador, western Africa and Europe. The map is crossed with rhumb lines and adorned with a simple compass rose. Published in Charles Theodore Middleton's A New and Complete System of Geography.

References: McCorkle (18th Century Geog. Books) #280, Vol. II [14].

Condition: A

A crisp impression on a bright sheet with some minor abrasions in the compass rose. The top margin has been extended to accommodate framing.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $150

Closed on 4/17/2019

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