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Auction 137, Lot 784
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"Isle d'Auphine, Communement Nommee par les Europeens Madagascar, et St. Laurens, et par les Habitans du Pays Madecase", Sanson, Nicolas

Subject: Madagascar

Period: 1670 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.6 x 22.7 inches
44.7 x 57.7 cm
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This is a splendid, large-scale map of Madagascar and the surrounding islands in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of Africa. The map is filled with detail along the coasts and is decorated with an unusual compass rose, sailing ship and a figurative cartouche with native inhabitants. The map is based on the report from two early French accounts of the islands; Etienne de Flacourt, a French governor of Madagascar in 1648 and Francois Cauche, who voyaged to Madagascar in 1638.

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Condition: B+

Wide margins with a centerfold separation on left side of map image with minute loss of image that has been reinforced with Japanese tissue on verso.

Estimate: $600 - $700

Sold for: $300

Closed on 9/14/2011

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