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Carte Du Detroit De Waeigats, ou de Nassau.

  • ARTIST: Jacques Bellin

  • PUBLISHER: Published Amsterdam.

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: 1758

  • EDITION SIZE: 7 3/4 x 11 7/8" (198 x 303 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: This map appeared in Antoine Prevost's "Histoire Generale des Voyages." A detailed 18th-century map depicting the Strait of Waeigats in the Arctic Sea. Information is prolific regarding coastal towns and bays, but topographic data is sketchier for the interior.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition. Black & white.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps