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Auction 136, Lot 442

"Kaart van de Aller-Heiligen Baay waar aan de Hoofdstad legt van Brazil", Tirion, Isaac

Subject: Brazil

Period: 1769 (circa)

Publication: Hedendaagsche Historie of Tegenwoordige Staat van Amerika…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
15.8 x 13.5 inches
40.1 x 34.3 cm
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This is a boldly engraved chart of the bay at Salvador (Bahia) with an inset plan of the fortified city of San Salvador. Navigational soundings and shoals are identified in the bay. Numerous plantations and sugar mills are noted with symbols along the coast and rivers. There is a large decorative rococo-style title cartouche and two compass roses.

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Condition: B+

A few fold separations repaired with tissue on verso. Issued folded.

Estimate: $220 - $275

Unsold

Closed on 6/1/2011

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