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"Carte Reduite de la Partie du Grand Ocean Comprise Entre le Japon et la Californie, Dressee d'Apres les Observations de Cook, La Perouse et Autres Navigateurs Modernes...", Beautemps-Beaupre, Charles Francois
Subject: North Pacific Ocean
Period: 1820 (circa)
Publication: Memoires de Morale et de Politique
Color: Black & White
Size:
10.2 x 8.7 inches
25.9 x 22.1 cm
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This rarely offered map covers the northern Pacific Ocean from the west coast of North America east to Japan and the Kamchatka Peninsula. In the waters, the tracks of Cook, Le Perouse and Clerke from 1778-1787 are delineated. An inset map at bottom shows this same region based on a "Japanese world map brought back by Kaempfer." Engraved by Et. Collin.
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Condition: B+
A crisp impression on a watermarked sheet with some faint foxing. There is a short printer's crease in the top blank margin. There are paper remnants in the corners on verso.
Estimate: $200 - $230
Current High Bid:
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Reserve: Reserve Not Met
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