Sold for:
$390
$390
Bahamas and Coastal Cuba. Carte Reduite d'une Partie du Vieux Canal de Bahama . Paris: Depot de la Marine, 1801. Large double-page folio chart, engraved by Etienne Collin, lettering by Besancon, uncolored, priced two francs in the bottom right corner, very clean, with old central fold, some marginal edge-crinkling, and slight offsetting, 37 x 25 1/2 in. A clean example of a rare map commissioned by the French colonial Ministre de la Marine.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-11-17
