Subject: Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean
Period: 1783 (dated)
Publication: Robertson's History of America
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20 x 12.1 inches
50.8 x 30.7 cm
This detailed and expansive map covers all of the southern United States north to the Carolinas and Cape Henry. It continues west through the region labeled Great Space of Land unknown to the southern tip of Baja California. All of the Caribbean is shown, naming the Great Antilles, Cuba, and the Bahamas, with the Windward and Leeward together identified as the Caribbe Is. The map is filled with place names, rivers, and Indian tribes. Decorated with a delicate title cartouche.
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Condition: B+
Issued folding, now flattened with very light toning and offsetting. A binding trim at right has been replaced with old paper. Minor fold separations in the blank margins have been archivally repaired.