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Auction 133, Lot 334

"Charte von den Inseln Trinidad, Tabago und Margaretha, dem Busen von Paria, und einem Theile von Cumana", Weimar Geographisches Institut

Subject: Trinidad & Tobago

Period: 1814 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
16 x 8.8 inches
40.6 x 22.4 cm
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This interesting chart covers from the Margarita Island off the coast of Venezuela to Tobago. It includes part of the of the Venezuelan coastline and provides a surprising amount of detailed information. The map is colored to shown the colonial possessions; Trinidad is British, Tobago is French, with the balance being Spanish. This map was published just prior to the Treaty of Paris in 1814, in which the British were ceded Tobago from the French. Since it was first sighted by Columbus in 1498, Tobago experienced a tumultuous history, changing hands over 30 times between the Dutch, English, Spanish, Swedish and French.

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Condition: B+

Original outline color with wide original margins. There are a few minor spots, else very good.

Estimate: $300 - $375

Sold for: $220

Closed on 9/1/2010

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