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Auction 90, Lot 431

"The Times Atlas of World Exploration",

Subject: Cartographic Reference

Period: 1991 (published)

Publication: Edited by Felipe Fernadez-Armesto

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Size:
11 x 14 inches
27.9 x 35.6 cm
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A great coffee table book that shows the routes of the early explorers, tells their stories, and sets them in the context of their times. It covers 3,000 years of exploration from early Chinese maps through modern day satellite imagery. Richly illustrated with both antique and modern maps. 286 pages. Hard bound with dust jacket. Near mint.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $75 - $100

Sold for: $110

Closed on 3/15/2000

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