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Canalis Inter Angliae Et Galliae Littora

Canalis Inter Angliae Et Galliae Littora

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Finely engraved and first published by Frederik De Wit, this is a spectacular example, in bright original colour, of the Ottens brothers' re-issue of a detailed chart of the entire English Channel. Crossed by rhumb lines, the plate is decorated with vignettes of ships and a pair of dramatic title cartouches; one in Latin, the other in Dutch.

region: Coastal Charts
mapmakers: F.De Wit R. & J.Ottens
place and date of publication: Amsterdam c.1685-c.1740
medium and colour: copperplate, Original colour
size in cms: 55.5 x 47
ref: 29270
price: £ 1500

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