"Le Golfe de Mexique, et les Provinces et Isles qui l'Environe comme sont la Floride au Nord, le Mexique ou Nouvelle Espagne a l'Ouest, la Terre-Ferme au Sud, les Is. Antilles, Lucayes, St. Domingue et Jamaique a l'Est…", Fer, Nicolas de

This is scarce map of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Unlike most maps of the period, De Fer presents Florida correctly as a peninsula rather than as the broken archipelago. The Caribbean islands are also well depicted with numerous notations throughout. The map is filled with place-names and delicately hachured topography. A striking map that would nicely round out a collection of either Florida or the Caribbean.

References: Lowery #281.

Condition: B

Dark impression. Light damp stain along the centerfold with tissue reinforcing on the verso. A few light spots of foxing and two tiny, repaired wormholes.