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Auction 175, Lot 79
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"British Colonies in North America from the Best Authorities", Guthrie, William

Subject: Canada & Alaska

Period: 1797 (dated)

Publication: A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8.9 x 7.2 inches
22.6 x 18.3 cm
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A finely engraved map covering all of Canada and Alaska, as well as the northern United States and Great Lakes. Alaska's coastline is beginning to take shape and locates Cook's River, Prince Williams Sound, Bristol Bay, and Norton Sound. In the far north of Yukon is the notation "The Sea seen by Mr. McKenzie in 1789" and further east another says "The Sea seen by Mr. Hearn in 1771." The map hints at a Northwest Passage with a complex network of rivers and lakes, but all mapped waters end at the Stony Mountains. Published in 1798 by Dilly and Robinson.

References: McCorkle (18th C. Geography) #174-24.

Condition: A

Issued folding with faint offsetting.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 11/13/2019

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