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Auction 170, Lot 419

"Kaart van Fransch Guijane, met een Gedeelte van Hollandsch Guijane...", Bachiene, Willem Albert

Subject: Suriname & French Guiana

Period: 1785 (circa)

Publication: Atlas tot Opheldering der Hedendaagsche Historie…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
9 x 12.4 inches
22.9 x 31.5 cm
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Attractive map of French Guyana and part of present-day Suriname, extending to New Amsterdam along the Suriname River. Based on the cartography of Emanuel Bowen and ornamented with an architectural-style title cartouche.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.BACH-3a.

Condition: A

A crisp impression on paper with a Strasbourg Lily watermark and light toning along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $95 - $120

Unsold

Closed on 11/14/2018

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