"A New Map of the West India Isles, from the Latest Authorities", Cary, John
Subject: Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean
Period: 1803 (dated)
Publication: New Universal Atlas
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20.4 x 18.1 inches
51.8 x 46 cm
This handsome map extends from Bermuda to Florida and the Carolinas, and follows the Gulf Coast to include Mexico and Central America, and south to the northernmost portion of South America and the Lesser Antilles. There is great coastal detail, especially in Central and South America. Numerous Indian tribes are named throughout. Florida is divided into East and West. A note in Cenis country locates the place where LaSalle was murdered in 1687.
References: Rumsey #1657.060.
Condition: B+
On watermarked paper with a centerfold separation at bottom and three short edge tears that enter map image, all of which have been closed with archival materials on verso. There is light wear along the centerfold.
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Subject: Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean
Period: 1803 (dated)
Publication: New Universal Atlas
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20.4 x 18.1 inches
51.8 x 46 cm
This handsome map extends from Bermuda to Florida and the Carolinas, and follows the Gulf Coast to include Mexico and Central America, and south to the northernmost portion of South America and the Lesser Antilles. There is great coastal detail, especially in Central and South America. Numerous Indian tribes are named throughout. Florida is divided into East and West. A note in Cenis country locates the place where LaSalle was murdered in 1687.
References: Rumsey #1657.060.
Condition: B+
On watermarked paper with a centerfold separation at bottom and three short edge tears that enter map image, all of which have been closed with archival materials on verso. There is light wear along the centerfold.
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