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Auction 138, Lot 590
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"A Correct Map of the Island of Minorca, with an Accurate Plan of Fort St. Phillip & its Environs, and the French Approaches and Batteries in 1756", Bew, John

Subject: Minorca, Spain

Period: 1781 (dated)

Publication: Political Magazine

Color: Black & White

Size:
14.5 x 10.8 inches
36.8 x 27.4 cm
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This detailed map of Minorca, one of the Balearic Islands off the coast of Spain, was drawn shortly after the Spanish regained control of the island from the British during the Seven Years War. The map shows detail of roads, coastline, castles and topography. There is also an inset of Fort St. Philips, which served to protect the harbor that led to the capital city of Mahon.

References: Jolly #POL-33.

Condition: B

There is some scattered damp staining and occasional small spots with an extraneous crease at lower right. Issued folding and now flat.

Estimate: $100 - $150

Sold for: $170

Closed on 12/7/2011

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