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"Karte von der Insel St. Lucia zur Allgemeinen Geschichte der Reisen", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Subject: St. Lucia
Period: 1758 (dated)
Publication: Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande
Color: Hand Color
Size:
11.9 x 7.8 inches
30.2 x 19.8 cm
This is a German copy of Bellin's small map of the island of Saint Lucia in the Lesser Antilles. The map is intricately engraved to show topographical details, place names, a road that runs the length of the island to the town of Soufriere, and the minute coastal detail for which Bellin is renowned. It is nicely decorated with a rococo-style cartouche. A small fleur-de-lis orients north to the left.
References: cf. Sellers & Van Ee #2068; cf. Tooley (MCC-81) #4.
Condition: B+
A nice impression issued folding, now flat, with light foxing and faint dampstaining along the bottom edge of the sheet that enters image at bottom left.
