Subject: Caribbean
Period: 1827 (dated)
Publication: A New General Atlas
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20.3 x 15.9 inches
51.6 x 40.4 cm
This handsome map focuses on the Caribbean and includes parts of Central America and northern South America, giving good inland detail of rivers, lakes, topography and towns. A color-coded key identifies the British French, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, and Swedish possessions, as well as independent areas. A note in the Atlantic Ocean explains that the first identified land in the Americas was Cat Island by Christopher Columbus in 1492. Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green.
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Condition: A
A dark impression with contemporary color on a sturdy sheet, with marginal soiling.
