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Auction 89, Lot 142

"La Terre Magellanique avec son Detroit et la Terre de Feu, avec ses petites Iles, Bayes et Rivieres, recemment mises au jour",

Subject: Tierra del Fuego

Period: 1729 (published)

Publication: La Gelerie Agreable du Monde

Color: Black & White

Size:
14 x 11.5 inches
35.6 x 29.2 cm
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Superb copper engraving of the southern tip of South America with the important sea lanes well depicted. Beautifully engraved with a pictorial title cartouche, rhumb lines and two compass roses. Very early, sharp impression and fine quality paper.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $500 - $550

Unsold

Closed on 12/8/1999

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