Subject: Lesser Antilles
Period: 1730 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Nouveau…
Color: Hand Color
Size:
17.5 x 23.5 inches
44.5 x 59.7 cm
This is a beautifully engraved map of the Windward Islands that extends from Guadeloupe to Grenada and includes Barbados. Numerous place names are shown, as are the locations of forts, churches and rivers. Grenada is shown upside-down. This handsome map includes a simple title cartouche and a pair of very nice compass roses.
References: Tooley (MCC-33) #55.
Condition: B
Heavy, watermarked paper with a small hole at top that has been repaired with old paper on verso, a repaired edge tear that extends 1" into the image at top, and some minor isolated foxing. Narrow margins.