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Auction archive: Lot number 294

Carte Generale des Découvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte et autres Navigateurs Espagnols, Anglois et Russes pour la recherche du Passage a la Mer du Sud. Par M. De l'Isle de l'Acedemie royale des Sciences &c. Publiee a Paris en Septembre 1752

Estimate
US$250 - US$350
Price realised:
US$156
Auction archive: Lot number 294

Carte Generale des Découvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte et autres Navigateurs Espagnols, Anglois et Russes pour la recherche du Passage a la Mer du Sud. Par M. De l'Isle de l'Acedemie royale des Sciences &c. Publiee a Paris en Septembre 1752

Estimate
US$250 - US$350
Price realised:
US$156
Beschreibung:

Title: Carte Generale des Découvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte et autres Navigateurs Espagnols, Anglois et Russes pour la recherche du Passage a la Mer du Sud. Par M. De l'Isle de l'Acedemie royale des Sciences &c. Publiee a Paris en Septembre 1752 Author: De Vaugondy, Robert Place: Paris Publisher: Date: [1772] Description: Copper-engraved map with inset. 29.5x38 cm. (11¾x15"). The curious configurations which various cartographers gave to the northwest coast of American in an effort to give credence to a Northwest Passage. Issued in the supplement to Diderot's Encyclopedie as part of the series of ten maps by De Vaugondy illustrating the then-current views of the geography of the northwest of America. Wagner, N.W. Coast, 637. Lot Amendments Condition: Old folds, some offsetting, very good or better. Item number: 154904

Auction archive: Lot number 294
Auction:
Datum:
23 Mar 2006
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Carte Generale des Découvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte et autres Navigateurs Espagnols, Anglois et Russes pour la recherche du Passage a la Mer du Sud. Par M. De l'Isle de l'Acedemie royale des Sciences &c. Publiee a Paris en Septembre 1752 Author: De Vaugondy, Robert Place: Paris Publisher: Date: [1772] Description: Copper-engraved map with inset. 29.5x38 cm. (11¾x15"). The curious configurations which various cartographers gave to the northwest coast of American in an effort to give credence to a Northwest Passage. Issued in the supplement to Diderot's Encyclopedie as part of the series of ten maps by De Vaugondy illustrating the then-current views of the geography of the northwest of America. Wagner, N.W. Coast, 637. Lot Amendments Condition: Old folds, some offsetting, very good or better. Item number: 154904

Auction archive: Lot number 294
Auction:
Datum:
23 Mar 2006
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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