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Auction 102, Lot 266

"An Accurate Map of the Island of Barbadoes Drawn from an Actual Survey containing all the Towns Churches Fortifications Roads Paths Plantatinos &c.", Bowen, Emanuel

Subject: Barbados

Period: 1747 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
16.8 x 13.8 inches
42.7 x 35.1 cm
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Handsome map filled with details of the British island. Lists the eleven parishes with the acreage of each. A handsome chart with fancy compass rose and decorative cartouche.

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Condition: B

Repaired puncture in ocean with no loss of engraving, else very good.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $160

Closed on 3/5/2003

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