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Auction 174, Lot 727

"Carte des Costes de Perse, Gusarat, et Malabar. Tiree de la Carte Francoise de l'Ocean Oriental...", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Southern Pakistan & Western India

Period: 1740 (dated)

Publication: La Harpe's Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.9 x 9.6 inches
20.1 x 24.4 cm
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This decorative chart of the west coast of India and a portion of the southern coast of Persia covers from C. Jaskes (Jask) to C. Komorin (Kanyakumari). The chart locates the Maldives, the Laquedives, and major harbors, and is decorated with and a compass rose and an ornamental rococo title cartouche with a leaf and scroll motif.

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Condition: A

A crisp impression, issued folding on paper with a bunch of grapes watermark, minor offsetting, and marginal soiling.

Estimate: $90 - $110

Unsold

Closed on 9/11/2019

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