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Auction 176, Lot 283
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"Haven van Aquapulco in t Coninkryk van Nova Spagnien, in de Zuyd Zee", Valentyn, Francois

Subject: Acapulco, Mexico

Period: 1726 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
14.3 x 10.6 inches
36.3 x 26.9 cm
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A finely engraved plan of the harbor, fort and village of Acapulco drawn from a hilltop vantage point looking out to sea. Several galleons are pictured approaching or anchored in the harbor. A lettered key identifies several points of interest.

References:

Condition: A

Issued folding, now flattened, with a printer's crease adjacent to the right-hand fold at bottom, and two archivally-repaired worm tracks in the top blank margin.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $150

Closed on 2/12/2020

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