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Auction 177, Lot 282
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"Plan de la Baye et Ville de Portobelo en 1736", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Portobelo, Panama

Period: 1754 (circa)

Publication: Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.8 x 7.5 inches
32.5 x 19.1 cm
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This attractive chart shows Portobelo, the important Spanish port city on the northern coast of Panama. Numerous soundings are located, and a key at right identifies important locations. The chart is surrounded by a boldly engraved border. Not in Kapp's carto-bibliography of Panama.

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Condition: A

Issued folding, now flattened with a hint of offsetting and minor toning along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Unsold

Closed on 4/29/2020

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