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Auction 201, Lot 86

"Carte qui Contient une Description des Iles & Terres que les Anglois Possedent dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, et en Particulier de la Jamaique...", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: Colonial Eastern North America, West Indies & Bermuda

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Historique

Color: Black & White

Size:
20.6 x 15.5 inches
52.3 x 39.4 cm
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A very interesting folio sheet containing seven maps inset into panels of French text. The largest map, Carte de la Jamaique Nouvelle... (9 x 5.7"), shows the island in great detail and includes a large inset of the Gulf of Mexico and West Indies. The other maps illustrate Barbados, Bermuda, and the British colonies in North America (in four regional maps, including Chatelain's only map to exclusively focus on New England). Together these maps cover all of the regions colonized by the English at the early part of the 18th century.

References: McCorkle #719.3.

Condition: A

A sharp impression on a bright sheet with a Strasbourg Lily and Bend watermark. There is some minor extraneous creasing at top right and two small dampstains in the title at the top of the sheet.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $325

Closed on 11/20/2024

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