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Auction 128, Lot 447

"West India Islands - St Vincent [on sheet with] Barbadoes", Thomson, John

Subject: Lesser Antilles, St. Vincent, Barbados

Period: 1814 (dated)

Publication: New General Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23.5 x 19.8 inches
59.7 x 50.3 cm
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Handsome double-page chart with two large-scale maps. Both show watershed (very limited on Barbados), topography, coastal details and settlements. Parishes are named on both islands. Barbados is thickly settled with many towns and villages. Engraved by James Kirkwood.

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Condition: B

Offsetting surrounds both islands. Full margins, original color and dark, early impression.

Estimate: $120 - $160

Sold for: $90

Closed on 5/20/2009

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