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"Carte du Detroit de Le Maire", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Subject: Le Maire Strait
Period: 1764 (published)
Publication: Le Petit Atlas Maritime
Color: Hand Color
Size:
6.6 x 8.7 inches
16.8 x 22.1 cm
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This handsome chart illustrates the important passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten discovered the strait in 1616, which was a much less treacherous route than the Strait of Magellan, and opened up a new trade route for the Dutch. Title and distance scale are contained in a decorative cartouche at bottom. Unlike the earlier Bellin chart of the strait, this chart for Le Petit Atlas Maritime includes more inland topographical detail and orients the north to the left. "Tome II. No. 63."
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Condition: A
A nice impression with some light toning in the margins.
Estimate: $50 - $70
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