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Auction 95, Lot 308

"Plan de la Baie de Ternai", La Perouse, Comte Jean F. Galoup, de

Subject: Russia

Period: 1798 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
9.5 x 14.2 inches
24.1 x 36.1 cm
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Rhumb lines, fleur-de-lis and fine shore side detail create a handsome chart. Locates anchorage of La Perouse's ships, the Astrolabe and Boussole, during this extensive exploration during 1787. Names the town of Tombeau (Temej) in the Sichote Alin region along the Sea of Japan.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $50 - $60

Sold for: $0

Closed on 6/13/2001

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