Subject: Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean
Period: 1780 (circa)
Publication: Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre
Color: Hand Color
Size:
12.5 x 8.2 inches
31.8 x 20.8 cm
A beautiful and strongly engraved chart of the Caribbean that also features good detail of Central America. Along the Gulf Coast and Florida, New Orleans, Pensacola, and St. Augustine are named. Navigation routes, trade winds, rocks, and shoals are identified. An inset of Bermuda is located at upper right.
References: Sellers & Van Ee #1705.
Condition: B+
Issued folding on a watermarked sheet with light toning and a couple of tears int he blank margins that have been closed on verso with paper tape.