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Lot #36 - A rare double page folio map: 'Southern Hemisphere' [Polar projection]




  • Auction House:
    Cordy's
  • Sale Name:
    September 2017 Art & Antique Auction
  • Sale Date:
    19 Sep 2017 ~ 9.30am (NZ time) - Session 1 - Lots 1 - 473
    19 Sep 2017 ~ 5pm (NZ time) Session 2 - Lots 480 - 766
  • Lot #:
    36
  • Lot Description:
    A rare double page folio map: 'Southern Hemisphere' [Polar projection]
    from John Pinkerton's Modern Atlas, published Philadelphia 1818. Hand coloured outlines and tints; depicting Australia, Polynesia and parts of South America and Africa, issued after the search for Terra Australis had been abandoned, but prior to the discovery of Antarctica - consequently the South Pole depicted as vast ocean called 'Icy Sea', the interiors of 'New Holland' and Africa vague and 'unknown'. 570 x 815mm.
  • Estimate:
    NZ$200 - 200
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Books & Manuscripts

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