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Auction 187, Lot 405

"A Chart of Part of ye Sea Coast of England, Holland & Flanders &c. Shewing the Sands, Banks, Depth of Water, Bearing, and the Course of the Principal Tracts from the River Thames...", Moll, Herman

Subject: Northern Europe

Period: 1740 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
10.8 x 7.9 inches
27.4 x 20.1 cm
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A nicely detailed chart showing the English Channel and North Sea, from information given to Moll by Captain G. Collins. Sea routes from England to Holland, France and Flanders are noted, as are soundings, shoals and other navigational hazards. There are historical notes, including the landing of King William in Yarmouth in 1694, as well as the loss of a Gloucester man o' war on the Lemmon Sand in 1682. The delicately engraved compass rose orients the map at top.

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Condition: B+

Contemporary outline color with minor toning along the centerfold and edges of the sheet, a few spots of foxing in the top margin, and an archivally repaired centerfold separation at bottom.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $80

Closed on 4/27/2022

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