Subject: Norway - Spitsbergen
Period: 1758 (dated)
Publication: La Harpe's l'Histoire Generale des Voyages
Color: Hand Color
Size:
12 x 8.5 inches
30.5 x 21.6 cm
Copper engraved map of Spitsbergen (Svalbard) with the adjacent islands of Franz Josef Land and Jan Mayan. There is good detail of the rocks, shoals, and anchorages with notations concerning discoveries and explorations. A French-style decorative title cartouche, fleur-de-lis and rhumb lines complete the chart.
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Condition: A
Some stains in the blank margins, not affecting the map.