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Auction 138, Lot 202

"Porti della Nuova York e Perthamboy", Gazzettiere Americano

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic, New York & New Jersey

Period: 1763 (published)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
6.5 x 8 inches
16.5 x 20.3 cm
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An unusual Italian map of New York Harbor copied from the New York Harbor inset on Popple's 20-sheet map. The map extends from Newark, Hackensack, Manhattan, and part of Long Island to Middletown and Sandy Hook with numerous early place names, small buildings and soundings in the harbor. Beautifully engraved by Guiseppe M. Terreni.

References: Portinaro & Knirsch, p. 254.

Condition: A+

Estimate: $250 - $350

Sold for: $150

Closed on 12/7/2011

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