Catalog Archive
Auction 99, Lot 141
Print View

"Gli Stati Uniti dell'America Delineati sulle ultime Osservazioni - Secondo Foglio che comprende Parte Della Nuova Inghilterra ed inottre La Nuova Scozia…", Cassini, Giovanni Maria

Subject: Canada and United States

Period: 1797 (dated)

Publication: Nuovo Atlante Geografico Universale

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.6 x 13.5 inches
47.2 x 34.3 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

Decorative and unusual chart covering the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Nova Scotia with part of New England. This map was part of Cassini's multi-sheet map of Colonial North America. The border between Canada and present-day Maine, which was to be a subject of dispute for the next 50 years, reflects British interests. Large decorative title cartouche.

References: Kershaw #759; Portinaro & Knirsch p. 296-297, plt. #CLXV

Condition: A

Tiny tear in bottom margin, else very good.

Estimate: $450 - $500

Sold for: $375

Closed on 6/12/2002

Archived

About Us

Old World Auctions specializes in genuine antique maps, atlases and decorative graphics originating between the 14th and 19th centuries.

Read more about us...

Recent Articles

More...

General Info

Contact Info

3850 Gaskins Road, Suite 220
Henrico, VA 23233 (USA)
Phone: 804 290 8090
Email: info@oldworldauctions.com

© 2024 - All Rights Reserved |Privacy Policy | Copyright Notice | Sitemap