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Auction 91, Lot 294

"Golfe Arabique ou Mer Rouge", Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'

Subject: Middle East

Period: 1765 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
18.7 x 26.2 inches
47.5 x 66.5 cm
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Very uncommon chart of the Red Sea with detail of the coastal settlements, islands, shoals and caravan routes. Four insets; Port of Giddah, Suakem, Matzua et Arkiko, and Al Babo (ou la Porte).

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Condition: A

A bit of surface soil and minor foxing, mostly in margins, overall very good.

Estimate: $350 - $400

Unsold

Closed on 6/14/2000

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