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Auction 157, Lot 426

"Tourist's Map of the Bermuda Islands"

Subject: Bermuda

Period: 1890 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
25.9 x 9.6 inches
65.8 x 24.4 cm
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This promotional pocket map of the island is divided into its nine parishes and shows roads, channels, anchorages and lighthouses. Features a large inset of the "Town of Hamilton" with the principal buildings identified. Compiled by Jas. H. Stark in Boston, Massachusetts. Folds into tan cloth-covered boards with illustration on front cover and an advertisement for the Quebec Steamship Company on verso. Circa date is based upon the paper which has an 1890 watermark.

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Condition: B+

A clean example on watermarked paper with 2 short splits at fold intersections. Map has separated from the covers, which are very good with minor soiling and a few abrasions.

Estimate: $150 - $180

Sold for: $100

Closed on 5/4/2016

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