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Auction 118, Lot 441

"Kaart van de Landengte van Panama, Volgens de Spaansche aftekeninge opgemaakt", Tirion, Isaac

Subject: Panama

Period: 1769 (published)

Publication: Hedendaagsch historie of tegenwordige staat van Amerika

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.6 x 10.5 inches
29.5 x 26.7 cm
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Great map of Panama showing Panama City at the southeast, Chagres at the northwest and Porto-Bello at the northeast. Roads and the Chagres River connect them all. Finely engraved with rhumb lines and fleur-de-lis. Very detailed and fully engraved to show topographical information.

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Condition: A

Issued folding, now flattened.

Estimate: $180 - $220

Sold for: $130

Closed on 3/6/2007

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