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Auction 95, Lot 346

"Partie de la Coste de Guinee Depuis la Riviere de Sierra Leona Jusquau Cap das Palmas", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Western Africa

Period: 1746 (dated)

Publication: Prevost's Historie generale des voyages

Color: Black & White

Size:
13 x 9.1 inches
33 x 23.1 cm
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Attractive map of the region with pretty good detail along the coasts and rivers. The interior is left blank and is nicely filled with a floral scroll title cartouche. Large compass rose and rhumb lines fill the sea.

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Condition: A

Light impression, else fine.

Estimate: $60 - $80

Sold for: $30

Closed on 6/13/2001

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