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Auction 97, Lot 73

"L'Amerique", Delamarche, Charles Francois

Subject: Western Hemisphere

Period: 1788 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8.8 x 9.5 inches
22.4 x 24.1 cm
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Based on Robert de Vaugondy's map of the same title (1762) and updated to include Capt. Cook's new discoveries in the Pacific Northwest, with a large notation (French text) and a hint of a possible Northwest Passage. Engraved by E. Dussy.

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Condition: B

Bit of toning along centerfold and hastily applied recent coloring.

Estimate: $275 - $325

Unsold

Closed on 12/5/2001

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