Аукцион Bidspirit | TURTLE ISLAND:

TURTLE ISLAND: - TURTLE ISLAND: A well-known island which used to be a pirate hideaway during the seventeenth century. L.S., `Bourdron´ three times, and `Dupuy´ twice, two pages, folio, Isle of Turtle, 13th March 1801, in French. The letter being the contract for a ship fabrication, signed by both parties, Boudron as the boat constructor and Captain Dupuy who will pay for it and supply the requested materials, stating in part `we get obliged to construct a ship with a keel of 43 feet, 16 feet hight,…the whole with local wood and which will be constructed the closest we can to the sea shore..´ With blank integral leaf. Folded, with edges very slightly trimmed, otherwise G £400-