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A MAP OF THE PRESENT SEAT OF WAR ON THE BORDERS OF CANADA.1775
估價
2,000 - 4,000 USD
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描述
- A Map of the Present Seat of War on the Borders of Canada. [For the Pennsylvania Magazine. Philadelphia, 1775].
Copperplate engraved map by Robert Aitken (420 x 162 mm). Restoration to one edge outside of border, likely some fold reinforcement, but unspotted. Matted and framed.
來源
Kenneth Nebenzahl, Chicago, 2001;
Vogel Collection no. 698.
Vogel Collection no. 698.
拍品資料及來源
A cartographic rarity celebrating Ethan Allan's and Benedict Arnold's capture of British forts in Canada. It is the first map published in America to depict the Lake Champlain region.