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Auction 138, Lot 395
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"Carte Reduite de l'Isle de la Jamaique pour Servir aux Vaisseaux du Roy…", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Jamaica

Period: 1753 (dated)

Publication: Hydrographie Francoise…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
34.8 x 21.5 inches
88.4 x 54.6 cm
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Superb, large-scale sea chart of Jamaica which is politically divided into parishes and centered on an eight-point compass rose. The map includes remarkable detail with scores of place names and safe anchorages along the coast, in addition to mountains, roads, personal estates, watershed and other details in the interior. Part of the southern coast of Cuba and the western tip of Hispaniola (Haiti) are also shown. A large decorative rococo-style cartouche further enhances the chart.

References: Kapp (MCC-42) #66.

Condition: A

Nice strong impression on heavy paper. There is a printer's crease near the top of the centerfold, else fine.

Estimate: $550 - $650

Sold for: $300

Closed on 12/7/2011

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