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 CARIB104
- THOMAS BRADFORD “West Indies.”
Boston. 1838. Colored. 11½X14. This fine chart
depicts the Bahama Islands in good detail and shows the southern tip of
Florida with Cuba, Hispaniola, & Puerto Rico along with the Leeward and
Windward Islands. Includes part of Central America & the Mosquito Gulf,
Panama and the northern tip of South America (Venezuela). An inset map
in top center shows a sketch of the “Bermudas.” The detail of island
names is excellent. From Bradford's “Illustrated Atlas, Geographical,
Statistical & Historical of the United States and the Adjacent
Countries.” Engraved by G. W. Boynton and published by E. S. Grant & Co.
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$370 |
  CARIB105
A & B - B. EDWARDS. “A New Map of the West Indies for the History of
the British Colonies by Bryan Edwards Esq.”
London. c.1794. Colored. 2 Sheets each 27½X22. This
wonderful 2 sheet chart of the Caribbean & the West Indies Islands was
prepared under the supervision of Bryan Edwards (1743-1800), a West
Indies merchant who lived and traded in the region for a number of years
at the end of the 18th century. His magnum opus was his “History Civil &
Commercial of the British Colonies in the West Indies” (with maps of the
islands.) The History was published by John Stockdale in 1794 & from
that date it went through numerous editions and was re-engraved by other
publishers up to 1818. This handsome 2 sheet map from the History
depicts the southern tip of Florida with the Bahamas; and includes Cuba,
Jamaica, Hispaniola, Porto Rico,, the Virgin Islands & the Caribee
Islands, as well as the Yucatan, Honduras & the Mosquito Shore to Panama
& the northern tip of South America. The detail of the harbors around
the islands & shorelines is excellent & the coast & island contours are
well drawn & detailed. The chart also includes wind vectors for the aid
of navigators sailing between the islands, and indications of shoals &
other dangers throughout the region. This fine 2 sheet chart could be
joined for framing. A scarce issue.
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$885 |
 CARIB110
- H. MOLL “The Island of St. Christopher's with Antego and Part of the
Islands of America Etc.”
London. 1717. Colored. 7X10. Fine early map by Herman
Moll (c.1654-1732) one of the great geographers, engravers and
cartographers at the time of the Age of Enlightenment in Britain. It was
a time when navigators were accomplishing round the world voyages and
bringing back to London and the major centers in Europe, updated charts
and surveys from different parts of the world, enabling cartographers to
draw, engrave and publish new maps and charts for a general public eager
to learn more about the Old and the New World, depicted on the maps with
topographical and hydrographical details of distant lands not seen
before. Herman Moll, who drew this map, was an intellectual with a
thirst for geographic and scientific knowledge which he acquired while
frequenting London's Coffee Houses, where he met and socialized with the
scientist, Robert Hooke (1635-1703), the authors Daniel Defoe and
Jonathan Swift, and the antiquarian the Rev. Dr. William Stukeley
(1687-1765). Amongst his Coffee House friends were the buccaneers and
world travelers William Dampier (1651-1715) and Woodes Rogers
(c.1679-1732,) for whom he drew maps and charts based on their sailing
adventures and explorations. Moll's chart of St. Christopher's, Antego
and the West Indies all depicted on one sheet, would have been of
considerable interest to the English plantation owners involved in the
burgeoning West Indies trade, and was based on information Moll would
have acquired from his mariner friends. This fine 3-part map was issued
in “Atlas Geographicus or a Compleat System of Geography for America,”
published by John Nicholson in 1717. (Ref. The Cartographer and the
Literati - Herman Moll and His Intellectual Circle” - by Dennis
Reinhartz. 1997.)
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$700 |
 CARIB111
- H. MOLL “A Map of Terra Firma Guiana and the Antilles Islands by H.
Moll, Geographer.”
London. 1712-1717. Colored. 7X10. This attractive map
was drawn under the direction of Herman Moll (1654-1732), one of the
great geographers, engravers and cartographers working in London at the
time of the Age of Enlightenment in Britain. The map depicts the
southern tip of Florida called Part of Louisiana and shows the Bahamas,
Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the West Indies
islands down to Trinidad and the northern tip of South America. Locates
Panama called Part of New Spain and includes a colorful compass rose in
top center. The map was published in “Atlas Geographicus or a Compleat
System of Geography.” Printed by Eliz. Nutt for John Nicholson,
1712-1717. During his working life, Herman Moll published more than 25
atlases and geographical works, as well as many single, loose maps,
which continued to be published with minor alterations long after his
death in 1732.
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$410 |
CARIB116 - R. BONNE
Supplement Pour Les Isles Antilles Extrait Des
Cartes Angloises. Paris. 1780. Colored. 13X8. Attractive group of maps
on one sheet shows the British Virgin Islands at top of sheet with 9
small inset charts of 1.) I. De La Barbude, 2.) I. St.Christophe, 3.) I.
Antigua, 4.) I. De La. Domingue, 5.) I. De Sainte Lucie, 6.) I. De La Barbade, 7.) I. De St. Vincent, 8.) I. De La Grenada, & 9.) I. De Tabago.
Each chart depicts harbors and small topographical details. From Atlas
De Toutes les Parties Connues Du Monde Terrestre compiled by Abbe
Guillaume Thomas, Francois Raynal (1713-1796) and engraved under the
direction of Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) the Royal Hydrographer and head
of the Dept. De La Marine, in Paris. |
$225 |
CARIB118 - T. KITCHIN /
W. ROBERTSON “Carte Du Golfe Du Mexique, Des Isles et Des Pays Adjacens.
Pour L'Histoire du l'Amerique par Dr. Robertson.”
Paris. 1778. Colored. 12X18½. This fine map of the
Gulf of Mexico & the Caribbean Sea with the West Indies shows a
strangely shaped Florida and the Bahamas & depicts Central America, the
Yucatan, & Honduras down to Panama & the northern tip of South America
(Venezuela.). The map includes dotted sailing lines around the Gulf and
Central America, & between Cuba and the Cayman Islands. Engraved by
Henrik Klockoff, a Dutch engraver from Amsterdam, the map was produced
under the direction of Dr. William Robertson, a Doctor of Theology and
Principal of Edinburgh University in Scotland, with the collaboration of
Thomas Kitchin, a foremost engraver and publisher in London, who was
also the Royal Hydrographer to the King in England. Together Kitchin and
Robertson published “Histoire de L'Amerique” which came out in 4 volumes
each containing one map. (Ref. Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers. Vol.4
page 55.) A striking map in old color that has a title cartouche in top
right with a decorative border frame.
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$620 |
 CARIB119
- B. ELI.SMITH “West indies” New York.
1897. Colored. 1897-1902. 10¼X15. Finely delineated map of the Greater
and Lesser Antilles & the Caribbean Sea including the Bahamas, part of
Central America, the northern tip of South America (Venezuela) & an
inset chart in upper right of the Berrmuda Islands. The map depicts all
harbors & major towns on the islands, forts, submarine telegraph lines,
lights, rocks & reefs, & shows the tracks of the four voyages of
Columbus. From the Century Atlas of the World prepared under the
direction of Benjamin Eli Smith (1857-1913) a well-known editor of
geographical books and maps.
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$175 |
 CARIB120
- J. & C. WALKER “The British Islands in the West Indies.”
London. 1835. Colored. 12½X15¼. Very detailed map
has15 inset maps on one sheet. 1.) Virgin Islands, 2.) Leeward Islands -
Barbuda, Antigua, St. Kitt's & Nevis, 3.) Jamaica, 4.) Grenadines, 5.)
Grenada, 6.) Trinidad, 7.) New Providence, 8.) Grand Cayman, 9.)
Anguilla, 10.) Roatan, 11.) Dominica, 12.) St. Lucie, 13.) St. Vincent,
14.) Tobago & 15.) Barbadoes. All harbors are noted around the islands
which are finely drawn with topographical details. The overall map was
published in “The General Atlas Published Under the Superintendence of
the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge” and engraved by J & C
Walker, two of London's finest 19th century engravers.
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$250 |
 CARIB131
- N. de FER Les Isles De L'Amerique connue Sous le Nom D'Antilles ou
Sont les Isles de Cuba, St. Dominque et Jamaique, les Lucayes, Les
Caribes, et Celles du Vent. Par. N. de Fer.
Paris. 1702.Colored. 9X13. This fine early map shows
the southern tip of the Florida Peninsula, the Bahama Islands and
channels, Cuba, Jamaica, St. Domingue, Porto Rico, and the West Indies
Islands, plus a portion of Mexico, Honduras, the Isthmus of Panama and
the northern coast of South America (Venezuela.) All the islands,
harbors and channels are named with their country of ownership e.g.
Spain, Holland, France and England and Jamaica, Cuba and St. Domingue
bear notations of discovery by Columbus in 1492. From Atlas Curiieux ou
Le Monde Represente Dans Des Cartes Generales et Particulieres....
Nicolas de Fer (1646-1720) who created this map was a French geographer,
engraver and publisher, who became one of the most sought after
mapmakers in Paris in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
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$565 |
 CARIB138
- J. N. BELLIN
Les Petites Antilles ou Les
Isles du Vent Paris 1764. Colored. 9X6. Finely engraved chart
locates Anguilla, St. Martin, St. Barts, Barboude, Saba, St. Eustache,
St. Christopher, Nevis, Antigua, Montserat, Guadaloupe, Marie
Galante,Domingue, Martinique, St. Lucie, Moustique, St. Vincent, Barbade
(Barbadoes), Grenada and many smaller islands in between. Chart is
decorated with radiating rhumb lines from a compass rose with fleur de
lys and title is in a sculpted frame with a garland of leaves &
flowers in the French rococco manner. |
$325 |
 CARIB141
- CAPT. KITT KAPP “Treasure Island. The English Took Possession in 1666
called by Dutch Pyrates Norman's Eyland from a Precise Survey in the
Year of Our Lord 1963 by Capt. Kitt S. Kapp.”
Published by Capt. Kapp in 1970 with corrections to
1992, the chart is based on authentic data compiled by him from early
charts & documents and from his own surveys in his yacht the “Fairwinds”,
regarding the treasure hidden in the sea flooded caves on Treasure Point
on Norman's Island, south of Tortola and east of St. John's in the
British Virgin Islands. Capt. Kapp, a well respected explorer and
cartographer decorated the chart in the manner of the late 17th century
cartographers incorporating sailing ships, sea serpents, a compass rose
and a long landfall approach view at the top of the chart, plus notes
taken from the charts of the early mariners. (This highly decorative
chart is a colored lithograph, hand signed by the author in June 2003.
Image size is 19X22½ inches. A history of the pirates on Norman's Island
accompanies the chart.)
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$110 |
 CARIB163
- W. DAMPIER “A Map of the Middle Part of America.”
London. 1651-1717. Colored. 6X11¼. This chart of the
Caribbean & the Gulf of Mexico was drawn from sketches brought back to
London by William Dampier (1651-1715) after his first circumnavigation
of the world. Damper spent a great part of his life as a buccaneer,
making 3 circumnavigations before his death in 1715. Returning to
England in 1691 when he was 40, he wrote popular travel books based on
his experiences overseas. In 1697 he published “A New Voyage Around the
World” in which he included maps & sketches, along with wind & current
information & navigational notes which he had compiled during his
voyages with the buccaneers. This very detailed chart shows the West
Indies & the Caribbean with a strangely shaped Florida, the Gulf Coast &
Mexico, Central America & the northern regions of South America
depicting the Galapagos Islands offshore. The map also includes ships
tracks & courses, & harbors, islands & the Baja Peninsula named
California Island. In top right is a small inset map titled “The Isles
of Cape Verd.” An indication that Dampier had sailed through the Cape
Verde Islands in the Atlantic on several occasions. While Dampier
preferred to spend his life as a buccaneer, he was also an intellectual
with a great curiosity about the world & it's weather, it's native
peoples, plants, animals & natural phenomena. A fascinating chart by a
seafarer called by the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge “a Pirate of
Exquisite Mind.”
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$550 |
 CARIB164
- T. KITCHIN “Carta Del Golfo Del Messico Dell Isola E. Paesi Adjacente.
Da Servire Alla Storia Di America Del D. Robertson.”
London. 1777. Colored. 12X18. This fine map of
the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean was engraved by Thomas Kitchin
(1719-1784) one of London's foremost engravers & publishers, for Dr.
Robertson, a Doctor of Theology & Principal of Edinburgh University, who
wrote books on history and geography which he published in English,
French, & Italian editions, all with maps of the West Indies & adjacent
regions. This map is from the Italian Edition of “Mexico or Nieuw Spanje”
also published in “Historie De L'Amerique” with Thomas Kitchin as the
engraver. The map depicts the West Indies Islands & the Bahamas with a
strangely shaped Florida Peninsula, the coast of Mexico, Central America
& the northern tip of South America. In the top right corner is a
decorative title cartouche ornamented with leaves, flowers & scrolls in
the 18th century manner. A very attractive map.
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$625 |
 CARIB193
- P. LAPIE
Golfe Du Mexique et Archipel Des
Antilles Paris 1828. Colored. 9X11. A very nice chart of the West
Indies islands, and the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, the Gulf
Coast, Mexico, the Yucatan, Central America, Panama & the northern
tip of South America. Locates principal harbors, shoals, rivers, lakes,
capes, bays. All islands depicted in fine detail. |
$210 |
 CARIB195
- De LA MARCHE Nouvelle Espagne, Nouveau
Mexique, Isles Antilles Par Robert De Vaugondy Paris. c.1780. 9X12
Colored. Finely engraved chart shows the Gulf of Mexico, and the Gulf
Coast. Central America, Mexico and the Baja Peninsula. All islands in
the Caribbean The Greater and Lesser Antilles, the Bahamas and Bermuda.
Includes a strangely shaped Florida with a large bay on its
southeastern side. Also depicts the eastern seaboard of the U. S. to Cape
May, N.J. naming the region Nouvelle Angleterre (New
England) Small inset top right depicts the Azores. An attractive chart.. |
$285 |
 CARIB262A
- R. BONNE Carte Des Isles Antilles ou du Vent, Avec La Partie
Orientale Des Isles Sous Le Vent. Par M. Bonne, Ingenieur- Hydrographe
de la Marine. Paris. 1780. Colored. 13X8 . Excellent map of the West
Indies Leeward and Windward islands, shows all the islands from Porto
Rico to the Virgin Islands and south to Guadeloupe, Dominique,
Martinique, St. Lucie, St. Vincent & Grenada. Also includes Trinidad and
Tobago and Marguerite off the northern coast of South America. All the
major harbors on the islands are depicted in good detail, which makes
this a finely detailed chart by one of France's premier 18th century
cartographers, Rigobert Bonne. From Atlas De Toutes Les Parties Connues
du Globe Terrestre. by Guillaume Raynal. Paris. 1780. |
$225 |
 CARIB209
- R.
Bonne Carte De Supplment Pour les Isles Antilles Paris
1787.Colored. 9X13. Attractive map of the West Indian Islands drawn in
2 sections. Top section shows the Virgin Islands as a group and bottom
section is divided into 8 squares with the islands of St.
Eustache & St. Christopher's, Antigua,
Domingue, St. Lucie, Barbade, St. Vincent,
Grenada and Tobago in separate boxes, as small chartlets. Depicts
primary harbors around the islands and their positions in degrees with
the Meridian through Paris. A decorative and finely engraved set of
charts. |
$325 |
 CARIB222
- R.
BONNE Les Isles Antilles et le Golfe
Du Mexique Paris. 1780. Colored. 8X12.
Attractive map shows Florida & the Gulf Coast, the Bahamas, Cuba, Puerto
Rico, the Virgin islands and the West Indies down to the northern coast
of Venezuela. Depicts also part of Central America and the Yucatan,
Honduras & Panama. Includes an inset in top right of Bermuda titled
Les Bermudes.
Shows wind vectors in sea areas & many harbors around the coasts and the
islands. From Atlas De Toutes Les Parties
Connues Du Globe Terrestre. (Old fold down
center pressed flat.) A fine chart. |
$415 |
 CARIB239 - J.
THOMSON West Indies Islands.
Grenada, Tobago, Curacao & Trinidad. Edin.
1816. Colored. 19X23. This fine 4 part chart was published in
Thomson's New General Atlas
in 1816 & engraved by Samuel John Neele. It shows the 4 islands in large
scale with detailed shoreland topography, depicting harbors & bays
around coastlines & noting parishes, roads, towns & settlements inland.
Chart has some very light offsetting caused when the oils in the
original printing inks were not dried sufficiently when the sheets were
bound into the atlas, and an image was transferred from a printed
surface to the back of another sheet pressed against it. Finding this
chart with the 4 islands together is uncommon as they are frequently cut
from the page and marketed separately. The offsetting does not impact
the desirability of the chart, which includes the scarce depiction of
Curacao. |
$375 |
 CARIB260
- A.
E. LAPIE Carte
Des Antilles Du Golfe Du Mxique et d'Une partie des Etats Voisins.
Dressee par M.Lapie. Colonel d'Etat Major.. Paris. 1841. Colored accents. 16X21. Handsome chart by a premier
cartographer, shows the Gulf of Mexico from Florida and the Bahamas to
Mexico, the Yucatan & Central America and the northern tip of South
America (Venezuela.) Includes the Caribbean Sea and all the West Indies
islands from Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands down to
Trinidad & Tobago. Chart is intensely detailed showing harbors around
all coastlines & includes both topographical & hydrographical features,
on land and sea areas. A fine chart. |
$275 |
 CARIB261
- A.
BRUE Carte Des Iles Antilles ou
Indes Occidentales Du Golfe du Mexique et d'une Partie Adjacents par A.
Brue, Geographe du Roi. Paris. 1825. Colored
accents. 14X20. Striking and intensely detailed chart of the Gulf of
Mexico from Florida and the Bahamas to Mexico, the Yucatan, Central
America & the northern tip of South America (Venezuela). Includes the
Caribbean Sea and the West Indies islands with a table in lower left
indicating country of ownership for each major island under Spain,
France, England, Denmark, Holland and Sweden. The chart shows all
primary harbors & includes both topographical and hydrographical
features on land and sea areas A finely engraved chart by a premier
French cartographer. |
$275 |
 CARIB262
- A.
BRUE Carte Particuliere des Iles
Antilles ou des Indes Occidentales Redigee par A. Brue. Geographe du Roi.
Paris. 1828. Colored outlines. 14X20. Fine, large chart of the
Caribbean Sea & the West Indies islands includes the southern tip of the
Florida peninsula and the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico &
the Virgin Islands & the Leeward and Windward island groups.
At the top of the chart are 3 insets 1. The Virgin Islands, 2.
Martinique and 3. Guadeloupe showing excellent and finely engraved
island contours. In lower left is a section of Guatemala & the Mosquito
Coast. This is a fine chart produced by a premier French cartographer in
the early 19th century. |
$325 |
CARIB423 - J. N. BELLIN
Carte du Golfe Du Mexique Et Des Isles De L'Amerique Pour Servir a
l'Histoire Generale des Voyages par M.Bellin. Ingr de la Marine
1754.
Paris. 1754. Colored. 11X15. Very attractive map of the Caribbean
Islands and the Gulf Coast shows a strangely shaped Florida peninsula
bordered on the Atlantic side by the Bahamas and stretching across the
Gulf Coast in the west to Pensacola and Mobile Bay, where a large
Louisiana is shown with New Orleans and the Mississippi Passes. The
coastal area continues to Mexico and Central America showing the Yucatan
Peninsula & Honduras, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela on South America's
northern coast. The map includes a good depiction of Cuba, Jamaica,
Santa Domingo, and Porto Rico and the West Indies Islands. An
interesting feature of the map are the routes of Ponce de Leon in 1512
and Cortez in 1519. From L'Histoire Generale Des Voyages" published by
Francois Didot, Publisher at the Quai des Augustine, in Paris in 1754.
(Jacques Nicolas Bellin, was the Royal Hydrographer to the King in Paris
and head of the Depot de la Marine, when he was commissioned to map all
the known coasts of the world, a task he undertook with care and
expertise, the result being the Hydrographie Francoise which was
issued in two volumes in 1756-1765. Bellin was born in 1703 and died in
Versailles in 1772.)
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$735 |
CARIB271 - J. THOMSON
West Indies. Edinburgh. 1816. Colored. 19X23. Very handsome chart
of the islands in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico includes the
Bahamas, Florida and the Gulf Coast around to Mexico, the Yucatan,
Honduras and Central America to Panama and the northern tip of South
America. Chart depicts Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and the
Leeward and Windward islands of the West Indies. All harbors are noted
around shorelines and bays and inlets around the coasts. This intensely
detailed chart was published in Edinburgh in 1816 for inclusion in John
Thomson's A New General Atlas Consisting of a Series of Geographical
Designs on Various Projections. Exhibiting the Form and Component Parts
of the Globe. |
$550 |
 CARIB187
- BRITISH ADMIRALTY West Indies. Mona Passage to Dominica. Chiefly From
Admiralty Surveys and U. S. Government Charts. London 1858 (1964).
B/W. 26X39. Very well drawn chart shows the Mona Passage between the
eastern end of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico and depicts the
Virgin Islands, St. Croix, St. Martin and all the West Indies islands
down to Montserrat, Guadeloupe and Prince Rupert Bay on the Island of
Dominica. The chart is intensely detailed showing harbors, depth
soundings, courses. lights, buoys and includes navigational notes for
sailing around the islands and entering harbors. A small inset chart in
lower left depicts Aves or Bird Island (Venezuelan) charted by Capt. J.
A. Paynter in H.M.S. Brilliant in 1949. This is a fine chart of the West
Indies islands with excellent detail. |
$175 |
 CARIB217
- H. MOLL “A Map of the West Indies Etc. Mexico or New Spain. Also ye
Trade Winds and of Several Tracts made by ye Galleons and Flota from
Place to Place. By H. Moll, Geographer.” London. 1729-32. Colored.
8X10. This fine chart was drawn and engraved under the direction of
Herman Moll (c.1654-1732) one of the great mapmakers and geographers
working in London, at the time of the Age of Enlightenment in Britain
from 1690-1732. Among his friends in London were the two buccaneers,
William Dampier (1651-1715) and Woodes Rogers (c.1679-1732) for whom he
drew charts based on their adventures and explorations. Moll's chart
shown here incorporates information he received from his friends, about
the tracts of the Galleons and Flota's circumnavigating the Caribbean
and the West Indies Islands, on their trade routes from European ports,
to the sugar and spice plantations, & the silver mines of Mexico and
Central America. Moll also included the directions of the Trade Winds
which were important features on the charts displaying the ship's
tracks. The map was published in “Atlas Minor; or a Set of Sixty Two New
and Correct Maps of all Parts of the World.” Printed for Thos. Bowles
and John Bowles in 1729-1732.
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$625 |
 CARIB218
- J. JANSSON “Insula S. Juan De Puerto Rico, Caribes vel Canibalum
Insulae” Amstd. 1653-57. Colored. 16X20. This very early map of
Puerto Rico and the West Indies Islands was drawn with east at the top
in the manner of many 17th century cartographers, and depicts the
Leeward & Windward Islands and the Lesser Antilles down to the northern
tip of South America. The island contours are still somewhat speculative
except for Puerto Rico which was better known, at the time, than the
other islands. The map is decorated with sailing ships and sea serpents
and includes an ornamental title cartouche in top left with marine
motifs; mermaids, Father Neptune, and sea monsters interwoven with
scrolls and topped with cherubs. In lower left is a dark skinned native
holding a mileage scale. This handsome map with French text on verso,
was published in Ioannis Ianssonii “Novus Atlas Sive Theatrum Orbis
Terrarum” between 1653-1657. Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664) was one of
the great map and booksellers in Amsterdam at the turn of the century,
where he sold atlases and globes as well as single sheet maps, which
were issued in Latin, Dutch, French and English editions and sold
throughout Europe. After his death in 1664 his major productions such as
his “Atlas Maior” and “Atlas Minor” remained in print under the
direction of the Jansonnius Heirs. (Ref. Tooley's Dictionary of
Mapmakers. Vol 2. Page 428-429)
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$1,850 |
 CARIB200
- S. A. MITCHELL “Map of Mexico, Central America and the West Indies.”
Phila. 1867. Colored. 13X21¼. Very colorful map of the Gulf of Mexico &
the Caribbean Sea including the West Indies islands & the Gulf of
California with the Baja Peninsula. Depicts America's Gulf coast,
Florida & the Bahamas Islands, Central America to Panama & the northern
tip of South America. Includes 4 inset maps 1.) Map of the Island of
Cuba, 2.) Map of the Island of Jamaica, 3.) Map of the Bermuda islands &
4.) Map of the Panama Railroads. The map was published in Samuel
Augustus Mitchell's “New General Atlas” in 1867 and has a decorative
border frame. An attractive map.
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$275 |
CARIB202 - W. M. BRADLEY “Map of Mexico, Central America & the West
Indies.” Phila. 1887. Colored. 13½X23. Attractive map of the Gulf
of Mexico & the Caribbean Sea with the West Indies islands, Central
America & Mexico's Baja Peninsula. Depicts America's Gulf Coast with
Florida & the Bahamas, & includes 5 inset maps 1.) Map of Mexico, 2.)
Map of the Panama Railroad, 3.) Map of the Proposed Nicaragua Canal
Route, 4.) Map of the Bermuda Islands & 5.) Map of the Island of
Jamaica.This fine map was published by William Bradley in Philadelphia &
based on Samuel Augustus Mitchell's map of the same name, issued in
“Mitchell's New General Atlas” of 1867. On the back of this very
detailed map are two additional maps. 1.) A fine map of Cuba, and 2.) A
map of Northwestern America showing the Territory Ceded by Russia to the
United States. The maps are all highly detailed showing cities, towns &
harbors, roads & rivers & elevations.
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$325 |
 CARIB240
- J. THORNTON “The French Admiral Count De Grasse Delivering his Sword
to Admiral (now Lord) Rodney. Being a more exact representation of that
Memorable Event than is given in any other Work of this kind. On Board
the Ville de Paris after being Defeated by that Gallant Commander on the
Glorious 12th of April 1782 in the West Indies” London. c. 1794.
Colored. 12X7. Beautiful handcolored copper engraving depicts Francois
Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse (1722-1788) a distinguished French Admiral
surrendering his sword and his flagship, the Ville de Paris, to the
English Admiral George Rodney, who had defeated the French Fleet in the
battle over the islands of St. Lucia, Grenada & St. Vincent in 1782. The
engraving is decorated with figures including Neptune, crowns, sails, a
harp, leaves & flower motifs. The work was engraved by John Thornton for
“Barnard's New Complete Authentic History of England” in c.1794. A
handsome depiction of a memorable event.
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$275 |
 CARIB130
- DEPOT GENERAL DE MARINE “Carte De La Partie Occidentale Des Iles
Antilles Comprenant S. Domingue, La Jamaique, Cuba et Les Iles et Bancs
de Bahamas.” Paris. 1801. B/W. 23½X35¼. Excellent chart from the
famous Depot de la Marine in Paris, depicts the Florida Peninsula & the
Bahamas in good detail with Cuba, St. Domingue, Puerto Rico, & Jamaica.
Locates the Cayman Islands & the east coast of Yucatan & the chart has
many compass roses with radiating rhumb lines to aid mariners sailing
through the islands. Includes harbors, capes & bays, straits, channels &
hundreds of depth soundings. Published in 1801 the chart was issued in
the “Hydrographie Francoise,” engraved on copper & printed on handmade
rag paper. Good condition.
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$800 |
 CARIB121
- W. S. ANDREWS “St. Lucia & Dominique S. End.” London. 1861.
Colored. 7X12. Two fine horizontal landfall approach Views of the
shorelines of the Islands of St. Lucia & Dominique on one sheet. At top
is the coast of St. Lucia from Pt. Vigia to the entrance to Castries &
below is the coast of Dominique from the harbor of Rossieu to South
Head. Both Views depict the rocky coasts with sailing vessels offshore.
The Views were very finely drawn for “Andrews. Illustrations of the West
Indies. Descriptions of the Islands in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico
& Florida.” Printed & published by Day & Son. Lithographers to the
Queen. The Views were hand colored in watercolor & are very attractive.
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$275 |
 CARIB159
- J. N. BELLIN “Partie Des Isles Antilles. 1. Partie.” Paris. 1764
Colored. 9X6¼, Finely engraved map depicts the West Indies Islands of
Saint Lucie, St. Vincent, Becouya, Les Moustiques, Canaouan, Union,
Cariouacou, & Grenada with many smaller islands in between. Mountains
are drawn on the major islands with harbors around the coasts, & all
bays & inlets indicated. Fort Royal is noted on Grenada & Cul De Sac
Roseaux on St. Lucia. A decorative title cartouche is depicted in top
left ornamented with leaves, flowers & scrolls & a compass rose with
fleur-de-lys pointer is situated in the sea area, as an aid to mariners
approaching the islands from offshore. The map was engraved under the
direction of Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) the Royal Hydrographer
to the King in Paris, & Director of the Depot De La Marine, & published
in Bellin's “Petit Atlas Maritime” in 1764. Very good condition.
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$325 |
 CARIB160
- J. N. BELLIN “Les Petites Antilles ouLes Isles du Vent.” Paris.
1764. Colored. 9X6½. This excellent map encompasses the West Indies
Islands from Anguilla south to St. Martins, St. Barthelemi, La Barbade,
Saba, St. Eustache, St. Christophers, Nevis, Antiqua, Montserrat, La
Desirade, Guadeloupe & Marie Galante, Dominique, Martinique, St. Lucia,
St. Vincent, Barbade & Grenada. Includes a decorative title cartouche in
lower left ornamented with leaves, flowers & scrolls, & a compass rose
with fleur-de-lys pointer is positioned in the sea area as an aid for
mariners approaching the islands from offshore. The map was engraved
under the direction of Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) the Royal
Hydrographer to the King, & Director of the Depot De La Marine in Paris.
It was published in Bellin's “Petit Atlas Maritime” in Paris in 1764.
Very good condition.
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$325 |
 CARIB161
- J. N. BELLIN “Petites Antilles ou Isles Du Vent. 3rd Partie.”
Paris. 1764. Colored. 9X12¾. Finely engraved map depicts the Virgin
Islands of Anegada, Tortola, Virgin Gorda, St. Jean, Sombrere, Anguilla,
St. Martin, St. Barthelemi, Barbaude, Saba, St. Eustache, St.
Christopher's, Nevis, Montserrat & Antigua. Some depth soundings are
indicated around the islands & a large colorful compass rose with
radiating rhumb lines is positioned in the sea area as an aid to
mariners sailing to and through the islands from offshore. A decorative
title cartouche, ornamented with leaves, flowers & scrolls in the French
Rococo style is positioned in lower left & the map was engraved under
the direction of Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) the Royal
Hydrographer to the King in Paris, & Director of the Depot de la Marine.
It was published in Bellin's “Petit Atlas Maritime” in Paris in 1764.
Very good condition.
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$450 |
 CARIB291
- H. POPPLE “A Map of the British Empire in America with the French,
Spanish and the Dutch Settlements Adjacent Thereto by Henry Popple. At
Amsterdam. Printed for John Covens and Cornelius Mortier.”
Amsterdam c.1740. Colored. 23X20½. This fine map of the Gulf of Mexico &
the coasts surrounding it was first published by Henry Popple in 1733 &
engraved by William Henry Toms (fl.1723-1758) as part of a 20 sheet
survey of North America published in Atlas form. The large scale maps
that made up the group were the earliest maps of North America published
in the Colonial Period & included the islands in the Caribbean owned by
England, France, Spain & Holland. This chart, one of the 20 sheets, was
copied from the original by Covens & Mortier in Amsterdam in 1740 &
included a title at the top with the words “Nouvelle Carte Particuliere
de l'Amerique ou Sont Exactement Marquees Les Provinces Suivantes Comme
La Caroline Meridionale, La Floride, La Louisiane, Le Mexique, Le
Jucatan, Le Guatemala, Le Darien & Une Partie de Cuba.” Lettering in the
sea area of the Gulf states “Course of the Spanish Galleons from Vera
Cruz to the Havanna to Avoid the Trade Winds.” Wind vectors in the shape
of small arrows are drawn in the sea areas, which are dotted with finely
engraved depictions of large ships in full sail. The chart is intensely
detailed with names of harbors, towns & settlements & land areas are
covered in low scrub areas, mountains, forests, rivers & plains. In the
lower left corner of the chart is a large decorative scene around the
title depicting natives in feathered head-dresses, monkeys & an
alligator on a hillside above a view of a beach showing ship's captains
& officers trading with the natives, while a large sailing galleon is
anchored offshore. This beautiful chart is in fine condition, engraved
on copper & printed on a heavy quality rag paper. (From “Atlas Novus ad
Usum Serenissimi Burgundiae Ducis” Ref. R. V. Tooley. “The Mapping of
America.” Page 315/316.)
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$7,000 |
 CARIB312
- J. N. BELLIN “Suite Des Isles Antilles. 2nd Partie.”
Paris. 1764. Colored. 9X6¼. Attractive chart shows Guadeloupe & La
Desirade, Marie Galante, Dominique, Martinique & Les Saintes, with a
large compass rose with radiating rhumb lines & fleur-de-lys motif
positioned in the sea area as an aid to mariners approaching the islands
from offshore. All primary harbors are indicated around the islands
which are dotted with small drawings of mountains & rivers inland.
Engraved by Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) the Royal Hydrographer to
the King in Paris and Director of the Depot de la Marine, the map was
published in Bellin's “Petit Atlas Maritime” in Paris in 1764. A finely
engraved chart in very good condition that includes a decorative title
cartouche in lower left ornamented with leaves & scrolls.
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$285 |
 CARIB314
- J. N. BELLIN “Carte Reduite Du Golfe Du Mexique et Des Isles De
L'Amerique. Par M. B. Ing. De La Marine.”
Paris. 1764. Colored. 8¼X12. Very attractive map of the Gulf of Mexico,
the Caribbean Sea & the West Indies Islands, as they were known to
cartographers in the late 18th century. Depicts a strangely shaped
Florida with the Bahamas offshore, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico & St.
Domingue. Locates North America's Gulf Coast with the Delta of the
Mississippi, the coast of Mexico, Central America, Panama & the northern
tip of South America (Venezuela) with the islands of Margarita, Trinidad
& Tobago offshore. Includes a very decorative title cartouche in top
right, ornamented with leaf, flower & scroll motifs. Engraved under the
direction of Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) a master engraver &
Royal Hydrographer to the King in Paris & Director of the Depot de la
Marine, the map was published in Bellin's “Petit Atlas Maritime” in
Paris in 1764. A fine map in very good condition.
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$600 |
 CARIB315
- RUTH TAYLOR WHITE “This Map Locates the Panama Canal Zone, Porto Rico
& Virgin Islands in Central America & the West Indies.”
NY. c. 1935. Colored. Ruth Taylor White was a well-known illustrator in
the '30's who traveled widely drawing maps in a whimsical, humorous
fashion of the places & countries she visited. This map shows Cuba,
Porto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica with the Virgin islands & the Greater &
Lesser Antilles. Locates the Panama Canal Zone & dozens of small, happy
people enjoying life in the Caribbean sun, boating, sailing, swimming,
fishing, golfing & carrying baskets of fruit on their heads amongst the
palm trees, flamingos & parrots. This colorful scene appeared in an
Atlas published in the 1930's consisting of Ruth Taylor White's colorful
maps.
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$125 |
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Antiqua |
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 CARIB140
- J. N. BELLIN Carte De L'Isle D'Antigue
Situee par 1a Latitude 17 Degres et par la Longitude de 64 Degres a
1'Occident de Paris,
Paris 1764. Colored. 8X5. One of the most
attractive & finely engraved maps of Antigua produced in the late
18th century by a prominent French cartogapher, shows coastal topography
around the island, with bays, capes & points. Locates parishes, Port
St. Jean, Parham, Willoughby, Bridgetown, Falmouth, St. Pierre, Old North
Sound, I.le Gurata, Pointe Huttons. Depicts depth soundings off the
western shore. Includes a compass rose with fleur de lys & rhumb
lines radiating across the chart and a very decorative scrolled border
frame (at top) surrounding title. |
$425 |
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Barbados |
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 CARIB114
- J. BELLIN
Carte De L'Isle De La Barbade Paris 1758. Colored. 8X6. Attractive and finely drawn map of the island
of Barbados showing parishes, harbors, bays and roads on the island.
Decorative title cartouche and nice color. |
$210 |
 CARIB273
- J. B. HOMANN “Insula Barbadoes.”
Nurnberg 1731. Colored. 13X11. Very attractive map of
the Island in intensely detailed showing hundreds of place names
throughout and harbors around the coast. All Parishes are indicated with
their boundaries and the Capital of Bridge Town is located on the
southwest coast. At the top of the map is a listing of British Colonies
e.g. St. Christopher's, Antigua, Jamaica, Bermuda, Barbadoes with
descriptive text and the whole text is surrounded by a large, ornamental
cartouche decorated with leaves, scrolls, flowers, leaves and fruit. A
colorful compass rose in the sea area indicates the map was drawn with
East at the top instead of North, which was a custom sometimes used by
late 17th and early 18th century cartographers. The map was published in
“Grosser Atlas Uber Die Gantze Welt,” and it originated with Johann
Baptist Homann (1663-1724) a German geographer, engraver and publisher
who left his business to his Heirs, after his death. (Note: the map has
been remargined and has old color, but is a stunning map of Barbadoes as
it was perceived in the early 18th century.)
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$775 |
 CARIB274
- G. PHILIP “Barbadoes To Britain.”
Liverpool. 1853-56. Colored. 20X12. This very detailed map of the Island
shows Parishes & their boundaries & hundreds of place names & harbors
around the coast. The map was published at a time in the mid-19th
century when plantation owners & traders from England required detailed
maps of Barbadoes to indicate anchorages and bays where their ships
could come into port to load and unload goods from their transatlantic
voyages from Liverpool & London. The map was published in “Philip's
Commercial Atlas of the World,” and issued between 1853 & 1856. A very
good map.
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$395 |
 CARIB275
- G. BICKHAM “Island of Barbados. Book IX.”
London. 1748. Colored. 12X7. Attractive view with
text below shows a section of the coast of the Island of Barbados with
ships at anchor offshore. The text describes the land & the animals,
birds & fish to be found there, plus the various sea-weeds “which grow
in plenty near the shores of this island & are no less beautiful to the
eye than they are useful; affording food for several kinds of fish such
as tortoise, chubs, mussels, bluefish & the Moss-Grooper.” The shore is
described as “intirely, invironed with high cliffs from three to sixty
feet high....and are our bulwarks against our Enemies, as well as fix'd
Boundaries to the raging of the Sea in the times of Hurricanes.” This
attractive document, describing the island was published in “The British
Monarchy Comprehending the American Colonies.” in London in 1748, by
George Bickham (1684-1758) a well-known author, engraver & calligrapher.
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$285 |
 CARIB122
- J. GIBSON “A Plan of Bridge Town in the Island of Barbadoes.”
London. 1766. Colored. 4X7½. Attractive map depicts a
street block plan of Bridge Town as it was in 1766, & shows two
churches, & the Old Yard. Willoughby Fort, The Swamp, Fishermans Dock &
James Fort, Egginton's Green, Cox's Bay & the Powder Magazine. Includes
a decorative title cartouche in upper right, with scroll, leaf & flower
motifs, & a small compass rose in lower left. Drawn & engraved by John
Gibson (fl. 1750-1792) & published in The Gentleman's Magazine in
September 1766. The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer
contained essays dealing with controversial issues, politics, travel,
religion, & accounts of both foreign & domestic interest.
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$385 |
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Cayman Islands |
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Cuba |
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 CARIB113
- (R.) BONNE Isles de Cuba et de la Jamaique
Paris 1780. Colored. 9X13. Nicely engraved map of the
islands. Cuba in large scale and a small Jamaica below. Offshore islands
all noted including the Caymans. All harbors, rivers and elevations
depicted. A very attractive chart. |
$210 |
 CARIB124 -
J. THOMSON
Island of
Cuba Edin.
1816. Colored. 9X23. One of the finest early 19th. century charts of the
island including the Great Bahama Bank & the Bahama Channel &
the southern Bahama islands. Shows Havana & principal harbors,
points & shoals; rivers, roads & elevations. Isle Pinos &
the Caymans and many offshore islands & rocks and low water areas. |
$275 |
 CARIB172
- J. N. BELLIN
Isle De Cube Paris.
1764. Colored. 8X12. Finely engraved chart shows the island of Cuba
with many harbors located around its coast line. Also depicts the Bahama
Islands of Providence, Cat Island, Eleuthera, Andros Island, Long &
Crooked Islands, surrounded by shoals and banks. The southern tip of
Florida appears as a collection of 3 small square islands above the
Florida Keys. The 'Canal De Bahama' is located in the position of
today's Straits of Florida. A very decorative title cartouche is drawn
in lower left with leaf, scroll & flower motifs. A beautiful map,
finely colored. with compass rose & radiating rhumb lines &
ship's tracks around Cuba and through the Bahamas. |
$425 |
 CARIB181
- J. N. BELLIN
Baye De Matance dans
1'Lsle'de Cube Paris 1764. Colored. 8X6. Chart shows Matanzas
Bay on the northwest coast of Cuba near Havana, showing detailed
soundings in the Bay and around the shoreline. Locates the town of
Matanzas with block plan; Fort S. Charles & settlements along the
Matance River. Depicts rivers flowing into the Bay and shoreline
topography indicates shoals and beaches. Trees and hills line the shore
around the Bay. Includes a decorative title cartouche in lower right
with leaf & scroll motifs. |
$185 |
 CARIB182 - J. N. BELLIN Plan De La Baye De St. Yago
dans 1'Isle de Cube, Paris 1764. Colored. 8X6. Chart shows the
Bay of St. Yago on the southeastern coast of Cuba. Locates the town of
St. Yago within the Bay with block plan and anchorage. A Fort appears at
the entrance to the Bay with gun batteries and a road is drawn running
southward from St. Yago to the Fort at the entrance. Many depth soundings
appear in the Bay and shoreline topography shows the Bay surrounded by
trees and vegetation. Decorative title cartouche has leaf and scroll
motifs. |
$185 |
 CARIB183 - J. N. BELLIN
Entree De La Baye De St.
Yago dans 1'Isfie de Cube Paris 1764. Colored. 8X6. Chart
shows the entrance to the Bay of St. Yago on Cuba's southeastern shore.
Locates Fort de St. Pierre de Roc at the entrance and a road running from
the Fort to the town of St. Yago. Locates three other forts: St.
Catherine, Fort de la Treille & Petit Fort sur un Rocher. Many
depth soundings appear in the Bay with an anchorage area; and an unnamed
island appears offshore. Very decorative title cartouche with leaf and
scroll motifs is drawn in lower left. |
$185 |
CARIB186 - J. THOMSON Island of
Cuba Edin.
1816. Colored. 9X23. One of the finest early 19th. century charts of the
island including the Great Bahama Bank and the Bahama Channel & the
southern Bahama Islands. Shows Havana and principal harbors, points
& shoals; rivers, roads & elevations. Locates Isle Pinos and the
Caymans and many offshore islands and rocks and low water areas. |
$275 |
 CARIB189
- J. N. BELLIN
Le Port Marianne dans 1'Isle
de Cube Paris 1764. Colored. 9X6. Chart shows the harbor of
Marianne on the northwest coast of Cuba near Havana. Depicts many
detailed soundings in the harbor & shoreline topography indicates
shoals and beaches; trees & vegetation surround the harbor and a
decorative title cartouche is engraved in lower left, with leaf, flower
and scroll motifs. |
$185 |
 CARIB254
- British Admiralty- West Indies. Cuba-South
Coast Santiago Harbor. London 1901 (Corrected to 1967. From U.S.
Government chart from 1899. Includes landfall approach view of the
entrance. 39x26 B/W #443. |
$85 |
 CARIB266
- U. S.
HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE West Indies. North Coast of Cuba. Habana
Harbor.(Puerto De La Habana.) From Surveys by U.S. Navy to 1930 & By
Public Works of Cuba to 1930 with corrections to 1941. Wash.
D.C. 1882 (corrected to 1944.) B/W. 32X51. Very large chart
shows both topographical and hydrographical details with street block
plans, wharves, anchorages, depth soundings, courses and includes
navigational notes for entering the Harbor. Depicts both public and
commercial buildings. An excellent chart used
aboard the U. S.
Escort Carrier Mission Bay in WWII. Chart #0307. |
$110 |
CARIB267
- U. S.
HYDROGRAPHICAL OFFICE West Indies. South Coast of Cuba. Guantanamo Bay
From Entrance to Caimanera. From a Survey by U.
S. S. Bowditch in 1941 and Earlier U.
S. Naval Surveys. Wash.
D.C. 3rd Edition. 1943. Blue/pink and white coloration. 43X32.
Striking, colorful and very detailed chart shows both topographical and
hydrographical details. Locates wharves, anchorages, bays, points, cays,
salt beds, mud flats, dredged areas, and depicts public and commercial
buildings, streets, and around shorelines are hundreds of depth
soundings. This finely detailed sea-chart was used aboard the U.
S. Escort Carrier Mission Bay in
WWII. Chart #5754. |
$110 |
The West India Atlas or a
Compendious Description of the West Indies Consisting
of a Complete Collection of Accurate Charts, with Plans of the Harbours,
Roads, Bays,
and Maps of the Separate Islands taken from Actual Surveys. Together
with an Historical
Account of the Several Countries and Islands which Compose that Part of
the World.
Engraved by Thomas Jefferys and Published by Robert Sayer. 1775 (1788).
The following charts of harbors on the coast of
Cuba were engraved by Thomas Jefferys (1710-1771) a prominent engraver
in 18th century London. He began his career as a copper engraver, while
developing an interest in geography and map selling. He was appointed
Geographer to the Prince of Wales in 1746 and later Geographer to
King George III. His early interests lay in English County maps and
maps of North America and the West Indies, which he compiled mostly from
current sources. But although he was an outstanding engraver and
cartographer he was constantly in debt and when facing bankruptcy in
1766, it was his friend Robert Sayer, a wealthy publisher in London who
bailed him out and took over the publishing of his major works, such as
The West India Atlas whch came out in 1775, 4 years after his death,
with later editions to 1788. The charts have both hydrographical and
topographical details and have been attractively designed. |
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Grenada & the
Grenadines |
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 CARIB150A - BRITISH ADMIRALTY
St. George's Harbour
& Approaches Grenada, West Indies. 1958/59 (Corrections to
1965). 19X26. |
$80 |
 CARIB153 - BRITISH ADMIRALTY
Part of the Grenadines
from Carriacou I. to Battowia. London. 1862 (corrections to 1977.
38X26. Chart #2872. |
$80 |
 CARIB180 - J. N. BELLIN
Carta Dell 'Isola
Grenada Paris 1781. Colored. 8X6. From the
Teatro della
Guerra Maritima. A nice small chart of the island of Grenada
showing parishes, all principal harbors, rivers, elevations &
offshore islands. The Italian edition of this chart was taken from the
French edition listed above. A very fine small chart. |
$185 |
 CARIB213
- J. N.
BELLIN Carte De L'Isle De La Grenade Pour servir a l'Histoire
Gnrale des Voyages. Par M.B. Ingr. de la Marine. Paris. 1758.
Colored. 8X6. Attractive map of the island of Grenada, formerly a
British Colony that achieved independence in 1974. One of the South
Grenadine islands, chart shows mountains & rivers inland & detailed
coastal topography depicting harbors, capes & bays. Title is in a
decorative cartouche with scroll & flower motifs. (Included in De La Harpe's Voyages. 1780.) |
$265 |
 CARIB310
- J. N. BELLIN “Carte De L'Isle De La Grenade.”
Paris. 1764. Colored. 8½X6½. Finely engraved & detailed map of the
Island shows Parishes, the town & harbor of Fort Royal, harbors, points,
capes, bays & anchorages around the coast, with roads & mountains
inland. Includes a decorative title cartouche ornamented with leaves &
scrolls, & a compass pointer with fleur-de-lys motif is positioned in
the sea area, as an aid to mariners approaching the Island from
offshore. Engraved by Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) the Royal
Hydrographer to the King in Paris & Director of the Depot de la Marine,
the map was published in Bellin's “Petit Atlas Maritime” in Paris in
1764. A very attractive map by a master engraver.
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$325 |
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Guadeloupe |
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 CARIB149A - BRITISH ADMIRALTY
West Indies. Anchorages
in Guadeloupe & the Adjacent Islands. From French Government Surveys
1867-69. Issued. London. 1883. Corrections to 1977. 26X18. |
$80 |
 CARIB214
- J. N.
BELLIN Carte De L'Isle De La Guadeloupe Pour servir a l'Histoire
des Voyages. Par M. B.
Ingr de la Marine. Paris. 1758. Colored. 8X12. Very decorative
chart of the French island of Guadeloupe, one of the southernmost
islands in the Leeward Group. Includes Isle de Marie Galante & Isle Des
Saintes & depicts shoreline topography with primary harbors, capes &
bays. Locates many mountain ranges inland with roads crossing the
island. Title is surrounded by a decorative cartouche with scroll &
flower motifs. (Included in De La Harpes Voyages. 1780.) |
$265 |
 CARIB117
- R. BONNE
Les Isles De la Guadeloupe, De Marie Galante, De LaDesirade, Et Celles
Des Saintes, Colonie Francoise dans les Antilles. Paris. 1780. 8X12.
Finely engraved chart shows the island of Guadeloupe and neighboring
islands, all French Colonies in the West Indies. Depicts harbors and
small topographical details on the islands, and locates harbors and
principal settlements. From Atlas De Toute les Parties Connues Du Monde
Terrestre compiled by Abbe Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal (1713-1796)
and engraved under the direction of Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) the Royal
Hydrographer and head of the Dept. De La Marine, in Paris. |
$185 |
 CARIB199
- P. H. GAUTTIER “Ocean Atlantique Mer Des Antilles. Les Saintes. Levees
en 1803 par P. Gauttier Enseigne de Vaissau. Depot. des Cartes Et Plans
De La Marine.” Paris. 1858. Colored.
11¾X18. Very scarce chart of the islands called “The Saints” situated
just to the south of the island of Guadeloupe. Depicts Terre D'En Haut,
Grand Ilet, La Coche and Terre D'En Bas. The islands were surveyed by a
French Naval Officer, Capt. Pierre Henri Gauttier in 1803 and published
by the Depot. de la Marine in Paris. 1858. This is an excellent and
unusual chart of the islands. |
$385 |
 CARIB136
- N. POCOCK “Sir John Moore's Attack Off Basse Terre, Guadeloupe.”
London. June 18, 1806. Colored. 5X8½. This finely detailed hand-colored
engraving shows a view of British Navy ships in the harbor of Basse
Terre. It was engraved by Wells, the drawing master to Christ's
Hospital, from a painting by Nicolas Pocock (1741-1921) a well-known
marine painter from Bristol, England. The scene was published in “The
Naval Chronicle” in 1799 a monthly magazine that contained a variety of
articles on nautical subjects. It was printed by Bunney & Gold in Shoe
Lane, London, and sold through all the major booksellers in the
different seaport town throughout the United Kingdom. An attractive
scene from a popular magazine. |
$265 |
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