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Auction 190, Lot 275

"De Golf van Mexico, de Eilanden en het Omleggende Land", Elwe, Jan Barend

Subject: Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean

Period: 1792 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.9 x 18.9 inches
58.2 x 48 cm
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This uncommon chart covers the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean including Florida, Central America, and the northern part of South America. It provides good detail including several Indian place names in Louisiana and Florida. The Mississippi River is boldly shown and New Orleans is curiously missing. The routes of the Spanish galleons are prominently noted. The map is decorated with a compass rose and a title cartouche held aloft by putti.

References: Phillips (Atlases) 674-39.

Condition: B+

A crisp impression with full contemporary color on a bright sheet with two elephant watermarks. There is a faint dampstain along the centerfold at top resulting in a tear that has been archivally repaired and some abrasions with a minor amount of the neatline and "Sepentrio" replaced in facsimile.

Estimate: $750 - $900

Sold for: $400

Closed on 11/16/2022

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