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Auction 112, Lot 664

"[Bay of Bengal]", Walker, J & C

Subject: Indian Ocean

Period: 1865 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
24.7 x 38 inches
62.7 x 96.5 cm
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This large-scale chart is the eastern sheet of a two-part map. It covers the Andaman Sea from the mouth of the Ganges to the northern tip of Sumatra. It provides excellent detail of the coastlines of Myanmar, Thailand, part of Malaysia, the Nicobar and Andaman Islands. Ten inset maps illustrate harbors. Lighthouses are colored in yellow, else uncolored. Paper label of Blundell & Ford, Stationers at Melbourne in margin.

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Condition: B

General overall soil and light damp stains. Overall quite good for a working sea chart.

Estimate: $100 - $140

Sold for: $75

Closed on 9/28/2005

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