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Auction 113, Lot 667
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"Carte d'Asie, Dressee sur les Memoires Envoyez par le Czar…", Covens & Mortier

Subject: Asia

Period: 1757 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
24 x 19 inches
61 x 48.3 cm
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This is an updated version of Delisle's great map of 1723 with significant improvements in the northeast coast, reflecting the surveys of Vitus Bering between 1725 and 1749. The northeast tip of the continent is shown in an inset. An extraordinary number of islands are shown throughout the Western Pacific and East Indies.

References: Yeo #149.

Condition: B

Impression is a bit weak and there are some printer's flaws in Indonesia and Tartarie. White framers tape on verso of paper edges.

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $150

Closed on 12/7/2005

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