Bahamas and Coastal Cuba. Carte Reduite d'une Partie du Vieux Canal de Bahama

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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.
Estimate $300-350


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