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Auction 97, Lot 442

"Islands in the Indian Ocean", SDUK Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

Subject: Indian Ocean

Period: 1835 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
15.4 x 12.1 inches
39.1 x 30.7 cm
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Interesting sheet containing eleven small maps of the various island groups. This is one of the few 19th century maps to provide detail of some of these islands. Includes: Madagascar; Amirantes; Seychelle Archipelago; Socotra; Rodrigue or Diego Ruys; Chagos Group; Keeling Isles; Mauritius and Bourbon; Lakadive and Maldive Islands; Nicobar and Andaman Islands; and Kerguelen or Desolation Island.

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Condition: B

Faint foxing.

Estimate: $70 - $90

Unsold

Closed on 12/5/2001

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