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Auction 188, Lot 24

"Planisphere Suivant la Projection de Mercator", Bonne, Rigobert

Subject: World

Period: 1780 (circa)

Publication: Raynal's Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues …

Color: Black & White

Size:
12.8 x 8.3 inches
32.5 x 21.1 cm
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Attractive copper-engraved map of the world with the direction of ocean currents shown throughout with little arrows. Alaska, here Alaschka, is depicted as a small island and Tasmania is still attached to a truncated Australia.

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Condition: A

A crisp impression on a clean sheet with remnants of hinge tape on verso.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $70

Closed on 6/22/2022

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