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Auction 127, Lot 85
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"L'Amerique Septentrionale", Le Rouge, George Louis

Subject: North America

Period: 1748 (published)

Publication: Atlas Nouveau Portatif…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8 x 10.8 inches
20.3 x 27.4 cm
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This is an uncommon map of North America with some very interesting theoretical cartography concerning a Northwest Passage. The most prominent feature is a River of the West (Riv. De l'Ouest), which connects Lake Superior with the Lake of the Woods and Lake Winnipeg and then flows off the map supposedly to the Pacific. It also links through a system of streams and lakes to Hudson Bay. In Northern Canada are faint engraved lines showing the Sea of the West with a passage between it and Hudson Bay.

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Condition: A+

Very nice impression.

Estimate: $300 - $375

Sold for: $325

Closed on 2/25/2009

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