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Auction 174, Lot 311

"Carte de l'Isle de Saint Domingue, pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Hispaniola

Period: 1780 (circa)

Publication: La Harpe's Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.5 x 7.6 inches
29.2 x 19.3 cm
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This copper-engraved map of Hispaniola names several capes, ports, and bays running along the coast of the island, as well as identifying numerous towns and rivers inland. A compass rose capped with a fleur-de-lis radiates rhumb lines and a title cartouche draped in garlands adorns the upper left corner.

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Condition: A

A bright sheet, issued folding with a hint of offsetting. There is light toning and soiling along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $80 - $100

Sold for: $40

Closed on 9/11/2019

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