Subject: Caribbean
Period: 1827 (circa)
Publication: A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
15.9 x 12.2 inches
40.4 x 31 cm
An attractive map of the islands surrounded by text describing the history of the region and the voyages there by Christopher Columbus. Detail is mainly along the coastlines with place names, banks, reefs and shoals identified. The panels of text further describe climate, island groups, population and religious affiliations. Engraved by Young & Delleker. On a full sheet with English text measuring 22.1 x 17.5".
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Condition: B
Contemporary color with a hint of toning along the centerfold and some dampstaining along the bottom border mostly in the blank margin. There are short archivally repaired fold separations at top and bottom as well as a few short repaired edge tears.