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Auction 113, Lot 123

"Carte de la Baye de Hudson Pour servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Canada

Period: 1757 (dated)

Publication: Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Black & White

Size:
12 x 8.7 inches
30.5 x 22.1 cm
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First state of this handsome chart of Hudson Bay and Labrador depicting the mountains and coastal features including numerous forts. Embellished with a decorative title cartouche.

References: Kershaw #459.

Condition: B

Bit of very faint offsetting, else very good. Folding as issued.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $110

Closed on 12/7/2005

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