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Auction 198, Lot 310

"Carte des Provinces de Caracas, Comana, et Paria, Situees dans l'Amerique Meridionale. Pour l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", Bellin/Van Schley

Subject: Venezuela

Period: 1770 (circa)

Publication: Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.5 x 7.7 inches
29.2 x 19.6 cm
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Delicately engraved map of the northeastern part of Venezuela, including the islands of Margarita, Trinidad, and the Grenadines. The locations of numerous settlements along the Venezuelan coast are noted, including Valencia, Caracas, and Cumana. The simple title cartouche also incorporates a distance scale, and longitude is given in upper border from the Isle de Fer and below from Paris. Alternate Dutch title appears below the neatline: Kaart van de Provintien Caracas, Comana, en Paria, in Zuid-Amerika Geleegen.

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Condition: A

A nice impression on a clean sheet. Issued folding, now flat.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $75

Closed on 6/19/2024

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