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Auction 108, Lot 626

"Carte de l'Archipel des Navigateurs Decouvert par M. de Bougainville en Mai 1768", La Perouse, Comte Jean F. Galoup, de

Subject: Pacific Islands

Period: 1797 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
27 x 19.2 inches
68.6 x 48.8 cm
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A chart of the Navigators Islands, discovered by Bougainville in 1768 and visited by La Perouse in 1786. The tracks of La Perouse are shown along with eight coastal prospects. An inset at top shows Bougainville's track through the islands.

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Condition: B

Few minor spots.

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $100

Closed on 9/29/2004

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