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Auction 185, Lot 717

"Guinee, Grand Pays de l'Afrique, avec Toutes ses Cotes, Havres et Rivieres, Suivant les Memoires les Plus Recens des Voyageurs...", Aa, Pieter van der

Subject: Western Africa

Period: 1729 (circa)

Publication: La Galerie Agreable du Monde...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
14.2 x 10.3 inches
36.1 x 26.2 cm
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This handsome map extends from Senegal to Cape Lopez, just below the equator, including Guinea and part of the Benin Kingdom. It is engraved with mountains, rivers, and cities and embellished with rhumb lines and a large cartouche featuring natives and animals.

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Condition: B+

On watermarked paper with some light toning and minor scattered foxing.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $180

Closed on 11/17/2021

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