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Auction 175, Lot 285
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"Karte von dem Eylande Hayti Heutiges Tages Espagnola oder die Insel St. Domingo nebst den Benachbarten Eylanden...", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Greater Antilles

Period: 1754 (dated)

Publication: Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13 x 8.4 inches
33 x 21.3 cm
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This is a handsome map centered on Hispaniola and including Puerto Rico, the eastern part of Cuba, the Turks and Caicos, and the Bahamas as far north as Cat Island. The German title gives Hispaniola as Hayti, an Arawak Indian word meaning land of the mountains. Published in a German edition of Prevost's l'Histoire Generale des Voyages.

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Condition: A+

A crisp impression on a bright sheet.

Estimate: $80 - $95

Sold for: $70

Closed on 11/13/2019

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