Carte du Spits-Berg
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Bellin's wonderfully detailed map of Spitsbergen Island and the adjacent islands of Norway's Svalbard Archipelago, from the atlas of Prevost d'Exiles' Histoire Generale des Voyages. A former whaling station washed by the Arctic Ocean and the Greenland and Barents Seas, Spitsbergen is Norway's largest island, located halfway between Scandinavia and the North Pole.
Item Number: RS2883
Cartographer: Bellin
Place & Date: Paris / 1758
Size: 12" x 8 1/2"
Condition: b&w, overall age toning and minor spotting; a light water stain in the right margin extending into the mileage scale
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