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Auction 175, Lot 634

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"Oceania. Designed to Accompany Cornell's High School Geography", Cornell, Sarah Sophia

Subject: Pacific Ocean

Period: 1856 (dated)

Publication: Cornell's High School Geography

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.3 x 10.1 inches
31.2 x 25.7 cm
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This map from a geography book covers Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, and various Pacific island groups. It includes two insets: Van Diemen's Land and South Eastern Australia and Sandwich Islands. Jakarta is Batavia, and Australia has only three provinces.

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Condition: B+

Original hand coloring on a lightly toned sheet with some light unobtrusive damp stains.

Estimate: $20 - $30

Sold for: $55

Closed on 11/13/2019

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