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Auction 143, Lot 46
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"Mappe-Monde ou Description du Globe Terrestre, Assujettie aux Observations Astronomiques", Janvier/Lattre

Subject: World

Period: 1782 (dated)

Publication: Atlas Moderne

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.8 x 12 inches
45.2 x 30.5 cm
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A lovely double hemisphere map with a very decorative garland draped title cartouche. Australia is shown with an east coast and New South Wales is named, however Tasmania remains linked to the mainland. The place name T. de Diemen is shown twice, in Tasmania and in Arnhem Land, the region of today's Darwin. A notation next to Owhi-hee (Hawaii) indicates the location of Captain Cook's death in 1779. A rudimentary northwestern coastline is shown in North America, with Alaska almost completely missing.

References: Perry & Prescott #1782.02.

Condition: A

Watermarked paper with faint soiling and a few tiny spots.

Estimate: $400 - $500

Sold for: $350

Closed on 2/13/2013

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