Subject: Hispaniola & Martinique
Period: 1784 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Universel
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20.5 x 19.1 inches
52.1 x 48.5 cm
Superb large map of Hispaniola with a sizable inset of Martinique. The nicely detailed map covers the area to include the tip of Cuba, Turks & Caicos, and part of the Bahamas. The map is decorated by a grand decorative title cartouche and scale of miles.
References: Pedley #480.
Condition: B+
Contemporary outline color on a bright sheet with the watermarks of a house and "T Dupuy Auvergne." There is light soiling, extraneous creases along the centerfold, and some dampstains and short tears confined to the blank margins.