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Auction 146, Lot 66

"Der Erde Sudl: Halbkugel", Walch, Johannes

Subject: South Pole

Period: 1820 (dated)

Publication: Neuester Schul-Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
9 x 7.5 inches
22.9 x 19.1 cm
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Beautifully engraved hemispheric chart detailing the South Pole to the Equator. The South Pole region is entirely blank except for Sandwich Land and a few named islands at about 50° latitude. The map includes parts of South America, Africa and Madagascar, and all of Australia, with New South Wales labeled.

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Condition: A

Marginal soiling.

Estimate: $80 - $100

Sold for: $60

Closed on 9/4/2013

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