"Isles Lucayes", Mallet, Alain Manesson
Subject: Bahamas
Period: 1683 (circa)
Publication: Description de l'Univers
Color: Black & White
Size:
4.2 x 5.9 inches
10.7 x 15 cm
This beautifully engraved chart covers the northern Caribbean, with a nice depiction of the Bahamas. The southeastern coastline of Florida is at the map's left edge, and a portion of Cuba is south of the Bahamas. The seas are fully engraved in a wave-pattern and are further decorated with a cluster of battling sailing ships shown above Grand Bahama Island, with a ribbon-style title cartouche floating above in the sky.
References: Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET I A [638].
Condition: A
A crisp impression with printer's ink residue that is mostly confined to the blank margins.
