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Auction 177, Lot 710

"Vue et Description des Forts que les Hollandois, Anglois et Danois ont sur la Cote de Guinee pour l'Intelligence du Commerce que ces Nations Font en ce Pais-la", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: Western Africa, Forts

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Historique...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
16.9 x 14.5 inches
42.9 x 36.8 cm
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This is a unique sheet with twelve views of forts on the west coast of Africa. The forts were built during the period of European colonization and the slave trade, including those of the Dutch, English, and Danish. Views surround a central panel of French text, which contains descriptions of each of the forts.

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Condition: A

A sharp impression on paper with a Strasbourg Bend & Lily watermark and very minor soiling.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $120

Closed on 4/29/2020

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