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Auction 202, Lot 305

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"Carta Rappresentante l'Isola della Giammaica", Rossi, Veremondo

Subject: Jamaica

Period: 1763 (circa)

Publication: Il Gazzettiere Americano...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.5 x 8.1 inches
31.8 x 20.6 cm
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This is an uncommon Italian version of Bellin's map Carte de l'Isle de la Jamaique which appeared in Histoire Generale des Voyages. It is a very detailed map that describes this island of the Greater Antilles with its interior divided into named parrocchie (parishes). It shows remarkable detail with scores of place names along the coast as well as mountains, roads, watershed, and other details in the interior. At lower left is a decorative rococo-style title cartouche with compass rose and rhumb lines above. Published by Marco Coltellini.

References: Kapp (MCC-42) #90.

Condition: A

A crisp impression, issued folding, with a bit of foxing in the ample margins.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Unsold

Closed on 2/12/2025

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