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Auction 110, Lot 251

"Plan de la Rade et Ville de la Vera-Cruz", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Mexico

Period: 1754 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
6 x 8.2 inches
15.2 x 20.8 cm
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Attractively engraved map of the fortified city of Vera Cruz and surroundings including Fort San Juan de Ulua. Large compass rose and distance scale.

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Condition: A

Printed on thick hand laid paper, issued folding now pressed. Later hand coloring, delicately applied.

Estimate: $80 - $100

Sold for: $60

Closed on 3/2/2005

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