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Auction 138, Lot 451

"M. Frobichers Scheeps Togt, Gedaan om de Noord, ter Ontdekking van een Straat na Cataya en China", Aa, Pieter van der

Subject: North Atlantic, Greenland, Iceland

Period: 1707 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
9 x 6 inches
22.9 x 15.2 cm
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This small map illustrates the region between Britain and Canada with emphasis on Greenland, Iceland and the Davis Strait. The pictorial cartouche shows Martin Frobisher, an Englishman who made three voyages to the New World, in search of the fabled Northwest Passage.

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Condition: B+

Nice dark impression with some light scattered foxing and light toning.

Estimate: $375 - $450

Sold for: $220

Closed on 12/7/2011

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