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Auction 107, Lot 110
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"A New and Correct Chart of the Coast of New Foundland from Cape Raze to Cape Bonavista, With Chebucto Harbour in Nova Scotia Done from the latest Observations", Mount & Page

Subject: Canada

Period: 1755-75 (circa)

Publication: The English Pilot: The Fourth Book

Color: Hand Color

Size:
39.7 x 16.5 inches
100.8 x 41.9 cm
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Large, handsome chart of the Avalon Peninsula with an inset showing one of the earliest plans of Halifax. Two additional insets, with fancy rococo-style borders, detail Trinity Harbour and St. John's Harbour. Bold and well-engraved chart ornamented with three large compass roses orienting north to the right. Two sheets joined as issued.

References: Kershaw #523.

Condition: B

Minor binding damage at centerfold and at paper edges including a tiny loss of neatline, else very good.

Estimate: $500 - $600

Unsold

Closed on 6/9/2004

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