"Carte du Golphe du Mexique et des Isles de l'Amerique", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Subject: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean
Period: 1754 (dated)
Publication: Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages
Color: Hand Color
Size:
14.9 x 10.7 inches
37.8 x 27.2 cm
Attractive map of the islands of the Caribbean with the parts of the United States and Mexico that border the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, and the northern coastline of South America. Routes of several explorers are shown, including Cortez, Ponce de Leon, and Hernandez de Cordova, along with many coastal place names. A delicately engraved rococo-style title cartouche fills the upper right.
References: cf Sellers & Van Ee #1683.
Condition: B+
Issued folding, now pressed on watermarked paper and backed in tissue to reinforce folds. Expertly remargined at right with a small amount of neatline in facsimile at bottom.
