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Auction 123, Lot 144

"Carte de la Partie de l'Amerique Septentrionale qui Comprend les Possessions Anglaises", Brion de la Tour, Louis

Subject: Colonial Canada & United States

Period: 1782 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
10 x 8.8 inches
25.4 x 22.4 cm
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An uncommon map showing colonial possessions as well as the new United States. From Greenland and Baffin Bay to Philadelphia, the map extends west past Lake Superior to the Pays Inconnu, or unknown country and the Louisiana Territory.

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Condition: A

A nice example with a faint trace of offsetting and folds as issued.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $170

Closed on 2/20/2008

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