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Auction 113, Lot 301

"Carte de l'Empire du Mexique Pour l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Mexico

Period: 1754 (dated)

Publication: Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Black & White

Size:
11.5 x 8.3 inches
29.2 x 21.1 cm
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A charming map of central Mexico that reaches from Durango and Tamaclipa in the north to Mexaltepec and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the south. Mexico City is located on the shores of a large lake. Decorative title cartouche.

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Condition: B

Faint damp stain in Gulf of Mexico.

Estimate: $100 - $140

Sold for: $85

Closed on 12/7/2005

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