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Auction 96, Lot 267

"Pascaart vande Zee-Custen Van Finmarcken, Laplant, Ruslant, Nova Zembla en Spitsbergen, hoe alle Havens, Rivieren en Droogten…", Jansson, Jan

Subject: Northern Europe

Period: 1650 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21.6 x 17.1 inches
54.9 x 43.4 cm
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Handsome sea chart of the Barents Sea. The coastlines of northern Scandinavia, Russia, and Nova Zemla are included, as is Spitsbergen. The chart is richly embellished with rhumb lines, a compass rose and two large cartouches.

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Condition: A

Superb original color.

Estimate: $475 - $550

Sold for: $350

Closed on 9/12/2001

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