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Auction 193, Lot 24
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"L'Ancien Monde et le Nouveau en Deux Hemispheres", Bonne, Rigobert

Subject: World

Period: 1780 (circa)

Publication: Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre

Color: Hand Color

Size:
15.9 x 8.4 inches
40.4 x 21.3 cm
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Attractive double hemisphere world map. In North America, the United States is named and confined along the eastern seaboard. The entire western region is blank with the only place names being Santa Fe and Cape Mendocino. There is a large group of islands in the North Pacific including Alaschka in the vicinity of Alaska. Tasmania is attached to Australia, and both islands of New Zealand are depicted.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding on watermarked paper with light offsetting at right, a few minor spots, and an archivally repaired hole in New Guinea, with a tiny area of image loss.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $120

Closed on 6/21/2023

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