Subject: Caribbean and Bermuda
Period: 1753-1759 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Geographicus Maior
Color: Hand Color
Size:
21.8 x 19.3 inches
55.4 x 49 cm
A large and striking sheet that contains five charts describing the islands of St. Kitts, Antigua, Bermuda, Barbados and Jamaica. All of these maps were copied from separate maps made by Herman Moll in 1729. Each is finely engraved and meticulously detailed with its own compass rose, soundings, roads, forts, churches, topography and political divisions, as well as descriptive text and place name keys. The map has a second title in German: Die Englische Colonie-Laender auf den Insuln von America.
References: Sellers & Van Ee #1723.
Condition: B+
Strong impression and original color with small hole in upper left corner of St. Kitts map repaired with paper on verso. Minor foxing and toning in blank margins.