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Auction 185, Lot 14
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"Mappe-Monde ou Carte Generale du Globe Terrestre, Representee en Deux Plan-Hemispheres", Bossuet, Jacques Benigne

Subject: World

Period: 1755 (published)

Publication: Discours sur l'Histoire Universelle…

Color: Black & White

Size:
6.6 x 5.1 inches
16.8 x 13 cm
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This handsome small world map depicts California as an island, with the Iesso als Ieco landmass stretching nearly to Japan. It is based on Sanson's pocket atlas map and includes a considerable amount of information for such a small map. At the South Pole there are still remnants of Terre Magellanique Australe et Incogneue which nearly connects with a partial coastline of New Zealand. New Guinea is shown in approximately its correct position. The map also shows the short-lived N. Danemarck west of Hudson Bay.

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Condition: A

A nice impression issued folding with faint stains along the right edge.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $95

Closed on 11/17/2021

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