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Auction 136, Lot 701

"East India Isles", Thomson, John

Subject: Asia - Southeast

Period: 1817 (circa)

Publication: New General Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
20.5 x 17 inches
52.1 x 43.2 cm
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This map of Southeast Asia extends from Hainan in southern China, east to Burma, south through Indonesia and east to the Pelew Islands and Papua New Guinea. Fine detail throughout, especially in the Philippines, including tiny islands, shoals and navigational hazards. Engraved by T. Clerk.

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Condition: B+

Original outline color and wide margins with some toning and staining confined to the blank margins.

Estimate: $300 - $375

Sold for: $200

Closed on 6/1/2011

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