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Auction 160, Lot 219

"Carte de la Louisiane et Pays Voisins. Pour Servir a l'Histoire des Etablissemens Europeens", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Colonial Central & Southern United States

Period: 1780 (circa)

Publication: Raynal's Atlas Portatiff

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.7 x 8.4 inches
29.7 x 21.3 cm
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Superb small map based on Delisle's map of the French colony of Louisiana. This finely engraved and detailed map of French Louisiana extends from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from Nouveau Mexique to Florida (not showing the tip of Florida). Many Indian place names, forts, and early European settlements are shown. Nouveau Mexique in the far west includes Santa Fe and names the S. Jerome de Taos. The decorative title cartouche includes the distance scale.

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Condition: A

A nice impression on watermarked paper with a few minor spots. There are some light stains along the edges of the sheet and some color bleed-through on verso.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $140

Closed on 11/16/2016

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