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Auction 195, Lot 209
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"Carte de la Coste de la Floride Depuis la Baye de la Mobile Jusqu'aux Cayes de St. Martin", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Colonial Southern United States

Period: 1764 (circa)

Publication: Le Petit Atlas Maritime…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13.6 x 8.5 inches
34.5 x 21.6 cm
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This attractive double-page copper engraved chart covers the Gulf Coast from Mobile, Alabama to the Cayes ou Isles de St. Martin on the Florida coast. It shows coastal place names, soundings along the coast and river entrances, a few forts, and some Indian villages. It is decorated by a rococo-style title cartouche, rhumb lines and two fleurs-de-lis.

References: Phillips (Atlases) #3508, v. 1 #41.

Condition: B+

A crisp impression on watermarked paper with light toning along the centerfold.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $250

Closed on 11/15/2023

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