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Auction 176, Lot 288

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"Carte des Provinces de Tabasco, Chiapa. Verapaz, Guatimala, Honduras et Yucatan. Situees dans l'Amerique Meridionale pour l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Southern Mexico & Central America

Period: 1754 (circa)

Publication: Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Black & White

Size:
13.4 x 8.1 inches
34 x 20.6 cm
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Nice detailed map of the Yucatan peninsula and northern Central America. Locates primary harbors, shoals and offshore islands including Cosumel, Ruatan and Bonacca. Guatemala is limited to a narrow strip along the Pacific coast and El Salvador has yet to be carved out of Honduras. Decorated with a fine title cartouche.

References: Kapp (MCC-103) #45 plate X.

Condition: A

Issued folding, with a small rust stain adjacent to the title cartouche and minor offsetting that is mostly confined to the blank margins.

Estimate: $70 - $90

Sold for: $55

Closed on 2/12/2020

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