Subject: Saint Lucia
Period: 1758 (dated)
Publication: Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages
Color: Hand Color
Size:
12 x 7.9 inches
30.5 x 20.1 cm
This small map of the island of Saint Lucia in the Lesser Antilles is intricately engraved to show topographical details, place names, a road that runs the length of the island to the town of Soufriere, and the minute coastal detail for which Bellin is renowned. It is nicely decorated with a rococo-style cartouche. A small fleur-de-lis orients north to the left.
References: cf. Sellers & Van Ee #2069; Tooley (MCC-81) #3.
Condition: A
A nice impression, issued folding on a watermarked sheet with some tiny spots adjacent to the title and light toning along the edges of the sheet.