"Kaart van Geheel Guajana of de Wilden-Kust, en die der Spaansche Westindien, op het Noord-end van Zuid-Amerika [on sheet with] Het Island Kurassau [and] Kaart van de Volkplanting aan Demerary en Rio d'Essequebo [and] De Haven en 't Kasteel van Kurassau", Tirion, Isaac
Subject: Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana
Period: 1769 (circa)
Publication: Nieuwe en Beknopte Hand-Atlas
Color: Hand Color
Size:
15.9 x 13 inches
40.4 x 33 cm
Handsome and interesting map of the northern coastline from Colombia through French Guyana. Includes three large insets of the island of Kurassau (Curacao), a detailed map of the harbor and Dutch fort on Curacao, and a map of the Dutch colony of Demerary and Essequebo showing plantations along the rivers.
References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.TIR-2a.
Condition: A
A crisp impression on a clean, bright sheet, issued folding and now flattened with a hint of offsetting and a binding trim at right that has been replaced with period-correct paper.