Sale 5137
London, South Kensington
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3 May 2007
Price realised
GBP 5,040
Estimate
A Map of the World according to the Latest Discoveries 1808 An early 19th century etching style blackwork and embroidered map of the 'Western Hemisphere or The New World' and 'Eastern Hemisphere or The Old World', with a charming vignette at each corner depicting the four continents of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, with embroided lines tracing voyages across both hemispheres, and decorative title cartouche and compass rose on silk ground 15½ x 28½in. (39.4 x 72.4cm.)
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The sewn lines depicting voyages seem in part to resemble the three voyages made by Captain Cook between 1768 and 1780
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