Attractive and very detailed map describing the West Indies with insets of the Virgin Islands, Martinique and Guadeloupe. Beautifully engraved with a very fine line on heavy paper, the sheet features an embossed atlas seal below the fancy script title. A touch of outline color along the shorelines of the individual islands provides a delicate accent that is characteristic of Brue's style. Here, the outline color reflects colonial claims, including those of France, England, Spain, Denmark, Holland, and Sweden. Bold keyboard style border surrounds.

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Condition: A

Fine impression and lovely original hand coloring on a thick sheet with huge margins. Some toning at margin edges.