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Auction 188, Lot 275

"Cuba Insul [on sheet with] Hispaniola [and] Havana Portus [and] I Iamaica [and] I. S. Ioannis [and] I. Margareta", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Greater Antilles

Period: 1609 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Black & White

Size:
7.3 x 5.7 inches
18.5 x 14.5 cm
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This charming small sheet includes maps of several Caribbean islands. The map of Cuba is positioned above Hispaniola with smaller insets of Havana, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Margarita Island. Adorned with a ribbon banner cartouche and several strapwork cartouches. German text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #9610:351.

Condition: A

A dark impression on a bright, watermarked sheet with a minor printer's crease at right and marginal soiling.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $150

Closed on 6/22/2022

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