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Auction 176, Lot 301

"West Indies", Hall, Sidney

Subject: Caribbean

Period: 1827 (dated)

Publication: A New General Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
20.3 x 15.9 inches
51.6 x 40.4 cm
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This handsome map focuses on the Caribbean and includes parts of Central America and northern South America, giving good inland detail of rivers, lakes, topography and towns. A color-coded key identifies the British French, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, and Swedish possessions, as well as independent areas. A note in the Atlantic Ocean explains that the first identified land in the Americas was Cat Island by Christopher Columbus in 1492. Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green.

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Condition: A

A dark impression with contemporary color on a sturdy sheet, with marginal soiling.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $100

Closed on 2/12/2020

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