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Auction 93, Lot 55

"De Zuidpool waar in aangetoont all de Nieuwe Landen tot op heden tot ontdekt", Keizer/De Lat

Subject: South Polar

Period: 1747 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Portatif

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.2 x 6.9 inches
28.4 x 17.5 cm
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Copper engraved map on a polar projection showing all new discoveries in the region. Inset at left are two small maps: "Het Gezigt van t'Kaap der Besnydenis of Kaap Circoncision…" which was discovered in 1739, and "De Salomons Eilanden door F. Gallego".

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Condition: B

Issued folded and now backed with Japanese tissue, with browning and some restoration along folds (including small loss in title).

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $100

Closed on 12/6/2000

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