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Auction 179, Lot 773
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"Carte des Isles Maldives, pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Maldives

Period: 1750 (dated)

Publication: Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
6.1 x 8.6 inches
15.5 x 21.8 cm
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This attractive map of the island chain southwest of Sri Lanka is decorated with rhumb lines, a large compass rose and a fancy cartouche.

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Condition: B+

A crisp impression with marginal soiling and a clean cut that enters 3.5" into image at top left and has been professionally repaired. The left margin has been extended with period-correct paper to accommodate framing.

Estimate: $80 - $100

Sold for: $40

Closed on 9/16/2020

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