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Auction Details

Auction House Bonhams
Website www.bonhams.com
Auction Name Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs
Sale Number 18847
Auction Date Jun 07, 2011 - Jun 07, 2011

Lot Details : Bonhams

Lot Number 49     
Title An untitled road map extending from Boston, east to St. George's Fort and Penobscot Bay,
Year Published 1770
Description COLONIAL MASSACHUSETTS An untitled road map extending from Boston, east to St. George's Fort and Penobscot Bay, THREE-SHEET MANUSCRIPT MAP ON VELLUM, executed in black ink, mounted later on cloth with wooden rollers added, size (if joined) 360 x 1965mm., [c.1770]
Lot Note The first sheet extends from Boston to Portsmouth via Newburyport. The second continues from Kittery to Falmouth in Casco Bay and New Casco. A rule-border has been supplied to contain a title which somehow never got beyound the word "A". The final sheet covers the route between Brunswick and Penobscot Bay, via Pownallborough (ie. a reduced version with less detail of the adjacent lot).Provenance: by direct descent from Sir Francis Bernard, governor of Massachusetts.
Estimated Price GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00( USD 4650.00 - USD 7750.00)
Actual Price GBP 50,400.00 ( USD 78120.00)