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Auction 120, Lot 368
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"Le Golfe de Mexique, et les Provinces et Isles qui l'Environe comme sont la Floride au Nord, le Mexique ou Nouvelle Espagne a l'Ouest, la Terre-Ferme au Sud, les Is. Antilles, Lucayes, St. Domingue et Jamaique a l'Est…", Fer, Nicolas de

Subject: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean

Period: 1717 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23.8 x 18 inches
60.5 x 45.7 cm
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This is scarce map of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Unlike most maps of the period, De Fer presents Florida correctly as a peninsula rather than as the broken archipelago. The Caribbean islands are also well depicted with numerous notations throughout. The map is filled with place-names and delicately hachured topography. A striking map that would nicely round out a collection of either Florida or the Caribbean.

References: Lowery #281.

Condition: B

Dark impression. Light damp stain along the centerfold with tissue reinforcing on the verso. A few light spots of foxing and two tiny, repaired wormholes.

Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500

Sold for: $1,300

Closed on 7/18/2007

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