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Auction 89, Lot 79

"Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre Nouvelle Yorck et Pensilvanie",

Subject: Colonial United States

Period: 1757 (dated)

Publication: l'Historie Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.7 x 8 inches
29.7 x 20.3 cm
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Lovely map of the northeast, fully engraved with mountains. The colonies are shown confined east of the Appalachian Mountains, with the "Nations Iroquoises" west of the mountains. Many early settlements and forts shown. Decorative cartouche. Very professionally re-margined at binding side.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $325 - $375

Sold for: $240

Closed on 12/8/1999

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