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Auction 137, Lot 319
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"Guide Map of the Mammoth Cave Kentucky"

Subject: Kentucky

Period: 1907 (dated)

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Color: Black & White

Size:
19 x 15 inches
48.3 x 38.1 cm
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Folding map of Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. Mammoth is the longest known cave system in the world with 390 miles explored. The map has an index at upper-left locating 83 different locations within the cave and at upper-right is a table showing distances from the entrance to points of interest. Folds into stiff paper covers. The map was published by Horace Carter Hovey and is signed by the author on the front cover.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $50

Closed on 9/14/2011

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