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1762 Dutch copper-plate engraving of a French map of the Caribbean by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, entitl

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1762 Dutch copper-plate engraving of a French map of the Caribbean by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, entitl
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1762 Dutch copper-plate engraving of a French map of the Caribbean by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, entitled "Carte du Golphe du Mexique et des Isles de l'Amerique," from La Harpe's Abrege de l'Histoire Generale des Voyages, showing the routes of the Spanish explorers. 16" x 15-1/4". Thematically important map, an earlier version of which (that was hand-colored, which this one is not) sold in our last auction for $1150 (+ buyer's fee), showing the Caribbean Sea and surrounding regions, with place names and routes of Cortés, de León, et al., ornate cartouche at top-right, intact but with several folds, stains and repairs.