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Auction 175, Lot 280

"Carta del Golfo del Messico dell' Isole e Paesi Adiacenti da Servire alla Storia d'America de Dr. Robertson", Kitchin, Thomas

Subject: Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean

Period: 1777 (circa)

Publication: Storia di America del Dottore Guglielmo Robertson...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.4 x 12.1 inches
46.7 x 30.7 cm
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This is an unusual Italian version of this interesting map of Florida, the Gulf Coast, Central America and the Caribbean. The map is beautifully engraved with an almost calligraphic quality, and it is filled with much information on place names, topography and sailing routes. Published in an Italian edition of Dr. Robertson's History of America.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding on a bright sheet with minor soiling and trimmed to the neatline at right, apparently as issued.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $150

Closed on 11/13/2019

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