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"Plan de la Rade de Funchal... [on sheet with] Isles de Madere, de Porto Santo, et Celles des Salvages [and] Isle de Goree…", Bonne, Rigobert
Subject: Atlantic Islands
Period: 1787 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
13.8 x 9.3 inches
35.1 x 23.6 cm
This sheet includes an elegant plan of Funchal, the capital and chief port of Madeira, as well as a map showing Madeira, Porto Santo, and part of the Savage Islands archipelago. Also shown is a plan of Goree Island, the Senegalese island associated with the Atlantic slave trade. Engraved by Andre.
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Condition: B
There are two light stains mostly concentrated in the map to the left and a few faint spots in the image.