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Auction 134, Lot 391
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"General Chart exhibiting the Discoveries of the Northmen in the Arctic Regions and America during the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries", Anon.

Subject: North Atlantic and Arctic Regions

Period: 1837 (dated)

Publication: Discovery of America by the Northmen

Color: Black & White

Size:
10.6 x 9.5 inches
26.9 x 24.1 cm
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This map covers the North Atlantic and a good portion of North America and western Europe. It shows the supposed discoveries of Norsemen prior to the voyage of Columbus. It is from N. Ludlow Beamish's Discovery of America by the Northmen.

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Condition: B

Backed with Japanese tissue repairing a tear into the title at top.

Estimate: $100 - $140

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Closed on 12/1/2010

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