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Auction 175, Lot 479
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"Carte du Detroit de Waeigats, ou de Nassau, Suivant les Navigateurs Hollandois pour l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Novaya Zemlya, Russia

Period: 1758 (dated)

Publication: Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Black & White

Size:
11.9 x 7.8 inches
30.2 x 19.8 cm
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A boldly engraved copperplate map that is centered on the Russian islands of Novaya Zemlya and Pechorskaya Guba, here Nouvelle Zemble and Grande Baye. The detailed chart shows the lower part of the island and mainland. Embellished with rhumb lines, fleur-de-lis and fancy cartouche.

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Condition: A

A nice impression on a bright sheet with a bunch of grapes watermark and soiling along the right edge of the sheet.

Estimate: $80 - $95

Unsold

Closed on 11/13/2019

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