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Auction 113, Lot 128

"Gulf of St. Lawrence", British Admiralty

Subject: Canada

Period: 1857 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
38 x 25 inches
96.5 x 63.5 cm
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Large and precisely engraved sea chart that includes Anticosti, Cape Breton Islands, Newfoundland and extends north to Belle Isle. Filled with details and place names, soundings, tide tables, lighthouses, etc.

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Condition: B

Dark impression on very thick paper. Toned along centerfold, ragged lower margin with a few marginal chips elsewhere, and short split at bottom along centerfold.

Estimate: $100 - $120

Sold for: $150

Closed on 12/7/2005

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