"A New Map of the Caribbee Islands in America", Anon.
Subject: Lesser Antilles
Period: 1761 (dated)
Publication: Smollet's Continuation of the History of England
Color: Black & White
Size:
7.3 x 9.7 inches
18.5 x 24.6 cm
This attractive chart presents the West Indies from the eastern portion of Hispaniola to include the Little Antilles, Trinidad and a portion of northern South America. Legend identifies colonial ownership and lands conquered by England. The seas are fully engraved with arrows indicating the prevailing winds. A handsome small map of the Caribbean published near the end of the French and Indian War.
References: Sellers & Van Ee #1725.
Condition: B+
Issued folding on watermarked paper with a 1.75" edge tear at right and a tiny binding tear at left both closed on verso with archival materials.
