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Auction 207, Lot 679

"Jns Kleine Gebrachte Karte von dem Mittaeglighen Meere zur Allgemeinen Historie der Reisen", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: South Pacific Ocean

Period: 1753 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
13.9 x 8 inches
35.3 x 20.3 cm
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This is the German edition of Bellin's map of the South Pacific. It presents nice detail of the region with eastern Australia shown with dotted lines connecting both Tasmania and New Guinea in a conjectural coastline. New Zealand is shown with only the western coastline demarcated. The Americas are presented from Baja California through Central America and the western coastline of South America including the Straits of Magellan and Cape Horn.

References: cf. Tooley (Australia) #158.

Condition: B+

A crisp impression on a bright sheet that has been trimmed close to the border at left and top center.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Unsold

Closed on 2/11/2026

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