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Auction 201, Lot 600
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"An Accurate Chart of the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas; with the Archipelago & Part of the Black Sea Exhibiting All the Islands in Those Seas, as Also, the Adjacent Countries on the Continents of Europe, Africa & Asia...", Bowen, Emanuel

Subject: Mediterranean

Period: 1748 (dated)

Publication: Navigantium Atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca...

Color: Black & White

Size:
23 x 11.3 inches
58.4 x 28.7 cm
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This highly detailed chart covers the entire Mediterranean from Gibraltar east to Cyprus and the mouth of the Nile River. It extends further north to cover the Adriatic and Black Sea. The map is filled with place names along the coast and numerous islands. It is decorated by two compass roses, each topped with a fleur-de-lis, and an ornamental title cartouche in the interior of Africa.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) G.HARR-1a #25.

Condition: A

A crisp impression issued folding on a bright sheet with a Strasbourg bend and lily watermark. Trimmed almost to the neatline at left.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $200

Closed on 11/20/2024

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