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Auction: 15040 - Antique Maps sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 65

Maps
China
1828 Carte de la partie de la Mer Chine, Maldives, Lombock voyage de la Thetis et de l'Esperance, by Ambroise Tardieu; 27½ x 21 inches, uncoloured.

On double-sided sheet contains three maps: "Carte de la partie de la Mer de Chine", "Carte de L'Atoll Suadiva (Iles Maldives)," Carte d'une partie des iles Kangelang, Longue, Ercke et Lombok". Rare original lithograph by Ambroise Tardieu, from the French circumnavigation under the command by Hyacinthe-Yves Potentien, Baron de Bougainville (1781-1846), son of the great explorer Luis de Bougainville; the circumnavigation was with the frigates la Thetis u l'Esperance.

Some marking around the central fold and a few light stains, mostly confined to the reverse; there is a large split at foot. Photo

Estimate
SG$800 to SG$1,000