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Auction 130, Lot 355

"Pas kaart van de Zuyd kust van Cuba en van Geheel Yamaica…", Keulen, Johannes van

Subject: Cuba & Jamaica

Period: 1695 (published)

Publication: Zee-Fakkel

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23 x 20.3 inches
58.4 x 51.6 cm
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Fine sea chart covering the southern part of Cuba, all of Jamaica and the western tip of Hispaniola and a bit of the Honduras coastline. Insets of Oristan Bay and Yamaica Bay fill the upper right corner. The chart is finely engraved with rhumb lines, two compass roses, a sailing ship and a great title cartouche featuring a Native American, panthers and a large snake.

References: Cueto #33.

Condition: A

Good impression printed on sturdy paper with a bit of minor soil.

Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500

Sold for: $750

Closed on 12/2/2009

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