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Auction 133, Lot 468

"Plan du Port du Passage", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Spain and France

Period: 1764 (published)

Publication: Petit Atlas Maritime

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7 x 9 inches
17.8 x 22.9 cm
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This plan depicts the Bidasoa Estuary, the boundary between Spain and France in the Basque Country. The plan shows soundings in the estuary and the extensive fortifications protecting the port at Fontarabie (present day Hondarribia).

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Condition: A

Some pencil markings and stains in the blank margins.

Estimate: $110 - $150

Sold for: $80

Closed on 9/1/2010

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