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Auction 188, Lot 153

"Virginie", Mallet, Alain Manesson

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic United States

Period: 1683 (circa)

Publication: Description de l' Univers

Color: Black & White

Size:
4.2 x 5.8 inches
10.7 x 14.7 cm
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Well engraved miniature map of the Chesapeake Bay region locating the colony of Jamestown and the village of Pomejok. Several Indian tribes are named including the Powhatan. Virginia is bounded to the west and north by Canada ou Nouvelle France. Title is in a curtain draped cartouche at top. French text on verso.

References: Burden #567; Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET A [632].

Condition: B+

Light damp stain.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $150

Closed on 6/22/2022

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