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Auction 118, Lot 476
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"Plan de la Ville de Port Royal", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Jamaica

Period: 1764 (published)

Publication: Le Petit Atlas Maritime

Color: Hand Color

Size:
6 x 7.8 inches
15.2 x 19.8 cm
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Precariously perched on the end of an unstable sand spit, Port Royal was a bustling international trading center. In the late 17th century, Port Royal was the largest and most economically important English settlement in the Americas. It was also called the wickedest city in the world for its accommodation of privateers, pirates, gambling houses and brothels. In 1692, an earthquake destroyed two-thirds of the city and by the time this map was published its importance had waned and Kingston was founded across the harbor.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $200 - $250

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Closed on 3/6/2007

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