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Lot 251
By: Jacques Nicolas Bellin
Subject: Sri Lanka
Date: 1750 (dated)

Publication: Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages

Condition Code: A

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Color: hand color

Size: 9.7 x 10.2 inches
         24.7 x 25.9 cm


    Fine map of the island of Ceylon, present-day Sri Lanka, showing harbors along the coast including Colombo, Trincomalee, Chilaw, and Negombo, as well as many small towns and settlements inland. The Isle de Calpentin, now the Kalpitiya Peninsula, Mannar Island, and several smaller islands are included off the west coast. Ceylon's shorelines are well defined depicting capes, bays, and points, and the island is filled with pictorial depictions of mountains and trees.

Condition Description: Issued folding on watermarked paper, now pressed.
Estimate:
$160.00 - $200.00


Sold for: $110.00

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