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Auction 193, Lot 392

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"Carte du Spits-Berg Suivant les Hollandois pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Spitsbergen

Period: 1758 (dated)

Publication: Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12 x 8.6 inches
30.5 x 21.8 cm
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Copper engraved map of Spitsbergen (Svalbard) with the adjacent islands of Franz Josef Land and Jan Mayan. There is good detail of the rocks, shoals, regions of ice, and anchorages with notations concerning discoveries and explorations. A French-style decorative title cartouche, fleur-de-lis, and rhumb lines complete the chart.

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Condition: A

Issued folding, now pressed, on watermarked paper with a binding trim at bottom right that has been repaired with old paper to accommodate framing.

Estimate: $90 - $110

Sold for: $110

Closed on 6/21/2023

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