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Auction 143, Lot 419

"Carte Reduite des Mers du Nord", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: North Atlantic Ocean

Period: 1758 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.7 x 13 inches
45 x 33 cm
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This nice chart is centered roughly on Iceland and covers from the eastern shores of Canada through Greenland to Scandinavia and Britain. The coastlines are intricately drawn with coastal place names the only detail. A fine chart with decorative title cartouche and rhumb lines.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding, now flattened on watermarked paper with minor creasing along folds and light soiling.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Sold for: $240

Closed on 2/13/2013

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