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Auction 138, Lot 392

"[Lot of 2] Plano del Puerto de Yaguaneque [and] Plano del Puerto de Cebollas", Direccion de Hidrografia

Subject: Cuba

Period: 1810 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.5 x 8.8 inches
31.8 x 22.4 cm
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These scarce, copper engraved charts depict two harbors along the northeastern coast of Cuba in the Holguin province. The charts are filled with soundings and navigational hazards.

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Condition: B+

Watermarked paper with wide margins and binding holes in far left margin. <i>Yaguanaque</i> has light foxing in blank margin. <i>Cebollas</i> has a faint damp stain near center of map image, and two additional damp stains confined to bottom blank margin.

Estimate: $210 - $250

Sold for: $140

Closed on 12/7/2011

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