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"Baye et Port d'Yorc Capitale de la Nouvelle Yorc", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Subject: Colonial New York & New Jersey
Period: 1764 (circa)
Publication: Le Petit Atlas Maritime
Color: Hand Color
Size:
6.6 x 8.6 inches
16.8 x 21.8 cm
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This fascinating copper engraved chart details the entrance to New York Harbor. The city is shown as a tiny village with a fort. Other settlements located include Neversink, Gravesend, Newark, Woodbridge, and Ambois. Soundings, anchorages, and hazards are located. The map also features a delicately engraved rococo-style title cartouche and a fleur-de-lis on rhumb lines.
References: Phillips (Atlases) #3508 v.1-32; Phillips (Maps) p. 543.
Condition: B+
A sturdy, watermarked sheet with a printer's crease at right and toning just outside the image.
Estimate: $275 - $350
Price: $200
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