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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 102 - closed 3/5/2003

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Lot #420: A Chart of the Coasts of Spain and Portugal, with The Balearic Islands and Part of the Coast of Barbary

Antique map chart A Chart of the Coasts of Spain and Portugal with The
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Estimate:
$200.00 - $250.00
Sold for: $150.00

Lot 420
By: William Faden
Subject: Spain & Portugal
Date: 1780

Publication: General Atlas

Condition: B
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Color: hand color

Size: 27.7 x 20.2 inches
70.4 x 51.3 cm

Large and handsome chart shows all of Spain and Portugal and extends beyond Marseille in Provence and much of the Barbary coast to Bona. Good detail along coastal areas including the Straits of Gibraltar. The Mediterranean is filled with loxodromic lines, soundings and compass rose. Nicely chart engraved by Delarochette.

A little offsetting, else very good.

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