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La Saintonge vers le Midy auecq. le Brovageais, terre d'Arvert &C. Map by Nicolas Sanson; publishers Gerard Valck and Pieter Schenk. Cartographic map of Saintes, France, 1711. Map; height 44.3 cm, width 53.7 cm., A portion of an old map showing coastal landmasses and islands with hand-colored regions in pink, yellow, green, brown, and beige, surrounded by off-white paper; decorative cartouche at the lower left with small cherub-like figures and foliage in green and brown, and a ribbon area in pink; two sailing ships illustrated on the sea with brown hulls and white sails; coastline details with green and brown shading, inland areas filled with beige and pale yellow, and several small green tree or hill symbols; thin grid lines and hand-drawn borders outlined in dark brown and highlighted with yellow and red tones; overall aged paper with light brown foxing spots and a darker margin on two sides.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A06_298

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Rights managed

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71.3Mb (5.9Mb) / 13.9in x 20.0in / 4155 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

La Saintonge vers le Midy auecq le Brovageais terre d'Arvert &C Map Nicolas Sanson publishers Gerard Valck Pieter Schenk Cartographic map Saintes France 1711 height 44.3 cm width 53.7 cm portion old map showing coastal landmasses islands hand-colored regions pink yellow green brown beige surrounded off-white paper decorative cartouche lower left small cherub- figures foliage ribbon area two sailing ships illustrated sea brown hulls white sails coastline details brown shading inland areas filled pale yellow several small green tree hill symbols thin grid lines hand-drawn borders outlined dark brown highlighted red tones aged paper light foxing spots darker margin two sides.