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Auction 166, Lot 374

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

Subject: Baia de Todos os Santos, Brazil

Period: 1769 (circa)

Publication: Nieuwe en Beknopte Hand-Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
15.8 x 13.4 inches
40.1 x 34 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.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.TIR-2a.

Condition: A+

A crisp impression, issued folding on paper with an "ARA" watermark and a binding trim at right that has been professionally replaced with period-correct paper.

Estimate: $150 - $180

Unsold

Closed on 2/14/2018

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