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Auction 120, Lot 356
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"Le Nouveau Mexique, avec la partie Septentrionale de l'Ancien, ou de la Nouvelle Espagne", Bonne, Rigobert

Subject: United States & Mexico

Period: 1780 (published)

Publication: Raynal's Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13.4 x 8.3 inches
34 x 21.1 cm
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This small and attractive map details the region from west Florida through California and Northern Mexico. In Texas there is a city named Texas and a notation concerning the death of the explorer La Salle. Excellent detail, particularly of the Jesuit missions in Mexico and the Southwest. In present day Arizona, the Gila River is named Rio de los Apostolos. The map is filled with place names and Indian villages, particularly in present-day Arizona and New Mexico.

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Condition: B+

Nice impression and delicate coloring. Light damp stain and a few marginal spots in map. Hinge remnants on verso.

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $150

Closed on 7/18/2007

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