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Auction 166, Lot 380
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"Carte de l'Ocean Meridional Dressee pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: South Atlantic

Period: 1746 (dated)

Publication: L'Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.1 x 13.5 inches
46 x 34.3 cm
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This attractive chart of the South Atlantic is centered on a large compass rose with rhumb lines radiating across the ocean. A good portion of the coastlines of South America and Africa are shown with major port cities named. The Prime Meridian is shown through l'Isle de Fer and the Meridian of Paris is shown just west of the coast of Africa. A large rococo title cartouche graces the otherwise blank interior of South America.

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Condition: A

Issued folding, now flattened, on paper with a bunch of grapes watermark, some minor extraneous creasing, and red-lined sheet edges.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Unsold

Closed on 2/14/2018

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