The beautifully engraved map details all of the Gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas Islands, Cuba, the Antilles and Central America. There is good detail of the cities and river systems in the southern U.S. and Mexico. Legend at lower left identifies via hand coloring the land areas of seven colonial powers, including England, France, Spain, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, and the United States. Four distance scales. A very handsome map surrounded by a decorative keyboard-style border. From the final edition of Atlas Universel, published by E. Levasseur and edited by Ch. Delagrave of the Institut Geographique de Paris.

References: Rumsey #4607.060.

Condition: B+

Contemporary color on a lightly toned sheet with tiny wormholes that are only visible when held up to light and minor offsetting.