Subject: Haiti
Period: 1764 (circa)
Publication: Petit Atlas Maritime
Color: Hand Color
Size:
13 x 8.7 inches
33 x 22.1 cm
This nice charts focuses on the Baie des Flamand and Baie du Mesle on the southwestern tip of Haiti. The chart shows soundings and anchorages and is embellished with a decorative cartouche, rhumb lines and a fleur-de-lys orienting north to the top right.
References: Sellers & Van Ee #1897.
Condition: A
A sharp impression on a bright sheet with a large medallion watermark bearing the letters "SI?" and a hint of toning along the centerfold.