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Auction 195, Lot 408

"Kaart van de Aller-Heiligen Baay waar aan de Hoofdstad Legt van Brazil", Tirion, Isaac

Subject: Baia de Todos os Santos, Brazil

Period: 1760 (circa)

Publication: Hedendaagsche Historie

Color: Black & White

Size:
15.9 x 13.6 inches
40.4 x 34.5 cm
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This is a boldly engraved chart of the bay at Salvador (Bahia) with an inset plan of the fortified city of San Salvador. Navigational soundings and shoals are identified in the bay. Numerous plantations and sugar mills are noted with symbols along the coast and rivers. There is a large decorative rococo-style title cartouche and two compass roses.

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Condition: A

A crisp impression, issued folding on a bright sheet with a couple of tiny spots and some soiling along the top edge of the sheet.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $50

Closed on 11/15/2023

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