"Pascaerte vande Caribes S. Iuan de Porte Rico…", Keulen, Johannes van
Subject: Lesser Antilles
Period: 1730 (circa)
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Color: Hand Color
Size:
23.5 x 20.5 inches
59.7 x 52.1 cm
Fine, large sea chart of the Lesser Antilles from the southwestern shore of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico to the adjacent coastline of Venezuela. The chart is centered around a compass rose and is embellished with an elaborate title and distance scales cartouche, featuring a merchant trading with a native, numerous putti with navigational instruments, and a coat of arms.
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Condition: B
Good margins all around. Minor soil at top. Professionally backed with Japanese tissue repairing centerfold separation and filling a few very tiny worm holes.
