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Auction 94, Lot 72

"A New Map of America, From the Latest Authorities", Cary, John

Subject: Western Hemisphere

Period: 1806 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
20.5 x 18 inches
52.1 x 45.7 cm
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Fine, large map of the Americas with a rudimentary shape for Alaska, here called "Aliaska". The United States is shown confined east of the Mississippi River. The western part of North America is bisected by a huge mountain range labeled "The Stony Mountains" and is shown as completely unexplored with a few suspected rivers delineated by dotted lines.

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Condition: A

Lovely original pastel coloring. Faint toning on fold, else very fine.

Estimate: $375 - $425

Sold for: $275

Closed on 3/7/2001

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