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Lot 128
[MAP]. LE ROUGE, Georges-Louis (1712-1790). Nouvelle Carte des Cotes des Carolines. Paris, 1777.
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[MAP]. LE ROUGE, Georges-Louis (1712-1790). Nouvelle Carte des Cotes des Carolines. Paris, 1777.

Engraved map with hand-coloring. Matted and hinged, sheet 533 x 673 mm, pinholes at corners, horizontal crease tissue reinforced on verso. Plan of Charleston, decorative ships, radiant compass rose, and coastal elevations inset to the interior.

A handsome example of a sea chart prepared by Le Rouge for use by the French Navy during the Revolutionary War as their navy engaged British ships on numerous occasions along the Carolina coast. This chart was included in Le Rouge's Atlas Ameriquain Septentrionale, based on manuscript charts produced by Nathaniel Pocock (1740-1821), presumably by a British mapmaker. Phillips, p.819.


This lot is located in Chicago.
Property from The Private Collection of Ms. Darla Moore, Charleston, South Carolina
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