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Auction 92, Lot 152

"Map of Alaska", General Land Office

Subject: Alaska

Period: 1898 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
32 x 24.7 inches
81.3 x 62.7 cm
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Large colorful map of the territory published at the beginning of the Yukon Gold Rush. A legend identifies regions with reported gold discoveries, deposits of silver, copper and coal, church locations, and routes of the railroads (both existing and proposed). Large inset of the Klondike gold district "From Juneau to Forty Mile Creek", and a smaller inset of the Aleutian Islands.

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Condition: A+

Folding as issued in mint condition.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $160

Closed on 9/13/2000

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