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Auction 120, Lot 370
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"An Accurate Map of the West Indies, with the Adjacent Coast", Gibson, John

Subject: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean

Period: 1762 (dated)

Publication: Gentlemen's Magazine

Color: Black & White

Size:
11.5 x 7 inches
29.2 x 17.8 cm
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This copper engraved chart includes Florida and extends to show all of the Windward Islands, plus much of Mexico and Central America. Arrows indicate the trade winds. Dashed lines indicate the track of the Spanish Galleons and the flotilla from Vera Cruz to Havana. This handsome chart is embellished with a decorative rococo-style cartouche and compass rose. Still bound in the original and complete Gentleman's Magazine, February 1762, with related article.

References: Jolly GENT-156.

Condition: A+

Lovely example with dark impression and full margins.

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $150

Closed on 7/18/2007

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