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Auction 115, Lot 340

"Plan des Havres de Port Antonio et de Saint Francois", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Jamaica

Period: 1764 (published)

Publication: Petite Atlas Maritime

Color: Hand Color

Size:
6 x 8 inches
15.2 x 20.3 cm
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Finely drawn chart of this important eighteenth century harbor on the northeast coast of Jamaica. Depicts fortifications at Port Antonio and on Isle de Lynche and locates many depth soundings and navigational hazards. Embellished with a fleur-de-lys and radiating rhumb lines.

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Condition: A+

Original color.

Estimate: $140 - $160

Sold for: $100

Closed on 6/21/2006

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