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Auction 95, Lot 214

"Carte du Detroit de le Maire", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Southern South America

Period: 1753 (dated)

Publication: Prevost's Historie generale des voyages

Color: Black & White

Size:
10.8 x 7.6 inches
27.4 x 19.3 cm
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Interesting chart of the strategically important Strait of Le Maire between Staten Island and Terra del Fuego. The attractive chart includes soundings, rhumb lines and a large compass rose.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $80 - $100

Sold for: $40

Closed on 6/13/2001

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