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Auction 138, Lot 846

"Carte de l'Oceanie Contenant L'Australie La Polynesie et Les Isle Asiatiques", Delamarche, Francois Alexander

Subject: South Pacific Ocean

Period: 1838 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
15.5 x 11.5 inches
39.4 x 29.2 cm
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This finely engraved chart covers the islands of the South Pacific from Southeast Asia through Hawaii, and from Australia through the Bass Islands. The map is intensely detailed, showing names of islands and island groups, harbors, channels and straits.

References: Tooley (Australia) #386.

Condition: A+

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $100

Closed on 12/7/2011

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