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Premier Auction - Session II | November 12, 2022

Sat, Nov 12, 2022 09:00AM EST
Lot 764

19th Century Manuscript Map of the Atlantic

Estimate: $400 - $600

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American, probably Civil War era, hand drawn map on wove paper with J. Whatman's watermark, depicting the coasts of North and Upper South America, Spain, and Africa, with voyage notes and dates, unframed, sheet 8-1/2 x 15-5/8 in.

Note:

Inscribed verso "Civil War Map/probably a voyage by a Union gunboat beginning at Portsmouth, N.H. July 14 and ending on Florida coast Sept. 12".

Provenance: Private Collection

Condition

some creasing and small tears to edges, toning and light staining throughout, reinforced along fold lines verso

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