Subject: North Atlantic & Arctic Ocean
Period: 1758 (dated)
Publication: Histoire Generale des Voyages
Color: Hand Color
Size:
17.7 x 13 inches
45 x 33 cm
This nice chart is centered roughly on Iceland and covers from the eastern shores of Canada through Greenland to Scandinavia and Britain. The coastlines are intricately drawn with coastal place names the only detail. A fine chart with decorative title cartouche and rhumb lines.
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Condition: B
Issued folding, now flat, on watermarked paper with minor offsetting, dampstaining at right, and light extraneous creasing at upper right.