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Auction 202, Lot 355

"Carte Reduite des Mers du Nord", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

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
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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.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $150

Closed on 2/12/2025

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