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Auction 105, Lot 162

"Chart of Cooks River in the N.W. part of America", Cook/Hogg

Subject: Alaska

Period: 1779 (published)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.6 x 8.6 inches
29.5 x 21.8 cm
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Copper engraving showing Capt. Cook's discoveries in Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet. Includes track and anchor points of the H.M.S. Resolution and the first appearance of Turn-again Arm east of today's Anchorage.

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Condition: B

Expert repair of short tear into map. A little worming in left blank margin, far from map.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $200

Closed on 12/3/2003

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