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Auction 192, Lot 637

"Carte des Isles de la Sonde, et des Isles Moluques", Bonne, Rigobert

Subject: East Indies - Indonesia

Period: 1780 (circa)

Publication: Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.5 x 8.4 inches
31.8 x 21.3 cm
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Great little map focused on the islands of Java, Sumatra, Celebes, Borneo, New Guinea as well as the tip of Australia's northern coast named as both Terre de Diemen and Terre d'Arnheim. Jakarta is Batavia and the engraver has placed Palembang in norhtern Java, hundreds of miles south of its actual location in Sumatra. Interesting notations depict the directions of the winds during the various months of the year. There is an inset map of the Moluccan Islands - the famous Spice Islands. The map has a rectangular title cartouche and three distance scales.

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Condition: B+

A crisp impression on a lightly toned sheet with a bunch of grapes watermark, minor offsetting and a few spots of foxing.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $90

Closed on 4/26/2023

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