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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Colonial
• Sale Date:
  26 May 2019 ~ 12noon (AEST)
• Lot #:
  501
• Lot Description:
  BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas, 1776 - Carte Reduite des Mers Comprises Entre l’Asie et l’Amerique …
  ..Apelees par les Navigateurs Mer du Sud ou Mer Pacifique... Paris, 1776, 63 x 89cm.
• Notes:
  The chart focuses on the South Pacific, extending to China, Korea & Japan in the northwest and to Virginia and California in the northeast. Place names are given along the coasts, while the interiors are left almost entirely blank. This map was published after Captain Cook’s second voyage and includes depictions of the western coast of New Zealand, the northern coastline of Australia, and portions of New Guinea. Tasmania is shown with a dotted conjectural coastline connecting it to Australia.
• Estimate:
  A$1,000 - 1,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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