Jun 07, 2017 - Sale 2450

Sale 2450 - Lot 14

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
BELLIN, JACQUES NICOLAS. Carte Reduite des Mers Comprises Entre L'Asie et L'Amerique Apelees par les Navigateurs Mer du Sud ou Mer Pacifique. Large engraved folding sea chart of the Pacific Ocean. 24 3/4x33 1/4 inches sheet size; printer's crease lower left, faint vertical discoloration at center, minor split into margin at central fold. Paris: Depot de la Marine, [1742] but 1776

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Attractive chart representing European knowledge of the Pacific prior to the explorations of Cook, detailing the coastlines of the Americas, China, Japan, Philippines and Australia.