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Auction 98, Lot 109

"Vancouver P. to Cordova Bay From a Russian Chart of 1849 - corrected by Mr. Inskip in 1855", British Government

Subject: Canada

Period: 1860 (circa)

Publication: British Hydrographic Office

Color: Black & White

Size:
24.5 x 19 inches
62.2 x 48.3 cm
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Nice coastal chart of the region. The chart includes the note that there were substantial corrections in the survey areas and that users should therefore assume errors in other areas and use the chart with great caution.

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Condition: C

Very clean but with badly chipped bottom neatline with paper replacement to extend margins. Backed with tissue.

Estimate: $75 - $100

Sold for: $35

Closed on 3/6/2002

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