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Auction 179, Lot 426
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"Carte de la Riviere de la Plata pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Rio de la Plata

Period: 1780 (circa)

Publication: La Harpe's Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.2 x 7.4 inches
28.4 x 18.8 cm
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This chart details the mouth of the Rio de la Plata with Buenos Aires shown on a grid plan. Baye de Monte Video is named on the north banks of the river, in present-day Uruguay. The bay is marked with soundings, anchorages, and shoals. There is a decorative rococo-style title cartouche with distance scale.

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Condition: A

A dark impression, issued folding on a bright sheet with minor offsetting, a soft crease at left, and light toning along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $80 - $95

Sold for: $60

Closed on 9/16/2020

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