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Antique chart fragment ca. 1742 of the island of Curacao in the Caribbean Sea. Noted locations include Cassarts Landing Plaats, Valentyn's bay, Porto Maria, Willemstad, Fort Beekenburg, Fort Collenburg, St. Jeris, and Verse Bay droog. Attractive compass rose and rhumb lines.
This antique map was originally published by Covens and Mortier in 1742 in "Les Principales Forteresses Ports etc. de L'Amerique Septentrionale" a sheet containing harbor and island maps and plans of the Americas. This map is a fragment trimmed from the larger sheet.
That sheet of 18 maps and plans of islands and harbors was published by Covens and Mortier to replace Popple's original large map of 20 sheets with a more manageable six-sheet version. Popple's original map was titled: "A Map of the British Empire in America with the French, Spanish and the Dutch Settlements adjacent thereto".
PUBLICATION DATE: 1742
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Curacao
BODY OF WATER: Caribbean Sea
CONDITION: Fair.
Trimmed to the neatline on all sides. Two small archivally repaired tears. Horizontal fold near bottom.
COLORING: None
ENGRAVER:
SIZE: 6
" x
6 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0
PRICE: $
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