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Auction 138, Lot 785
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"[Southeast Asia]", Heydt, Johann Wolfgang

Subject: Southeast Asia

Period: 1744 (circa)

Publication: Allerneuster Geographisch...von Africa und Ost-Indien

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11 x 9 inches
27.9 x 22.9 cm
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This scarce sea chart of Southeast Asia depicts navigational hazards and the names of numerous islands. Australia and New Guinea are only partially delineated, with notations of the Dutch discoveries. A ship is depicted entering the Sunda Strait, the important gateway to the Spice Islands used by the Dutch East India Company.

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Condition: A+

Watermarked paper with wide original margins.

Estimate: $475 - $600

Sold for: $1,500

Closed on 12/7/2011

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