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Auction 177, Lot 307

"Carte des Isles Antilles ou du Vent, avec la Partie Orientale des Isles sous le Vent", Bonne, Rigobert

Subject: Lesser Antilles

Period: 1780 (circa)

Publication: Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8.6 x 12.7 inches
21.8 x 32.3 cm
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Very well engraved copperplate chart detailing the Windward Islands and the eastern Leeward Islands to include about half of Puerto Rico, the northern portion of Venezuela and all of Trinidad. There are seven different distance scales. Engraved by Andre.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding, now flattened on paper with a bunch of grapes watermark, light offsetting and minor creasing.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $80

Closed on 4/29/2020

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