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(Vander Aa.) Cuba en Jamaica... 1706 From: Carta des Itineraires et Voyages Modernes. Leiden. 6 x 8 5/8." Age toned. Platemark touches top edge of paper. Original fold lines. Fold split of about 1" from bottom margin has been closed with tape. Minor tears at left margin have been similarly repaired.
An attractive small map of the islands of Cuba and Jamaica designed to illustrate Columbus' first voyage. Considerable coastal detail is provided for Cuba. The southern tip of Florida appears at the top left of the map. A cartouche of Columbus and cherubs decorates the lower left corner. [Item No. 2164.] $450.00.(Seller and Price.) A New Generall Chart for the West Indies of E. Wrights Projection vut. Mercators Chart. By Ier: Seller and Ch: Price Hydrographers to the Queen at the Hermitage staires. London. 1703. 1703. London. 18 x 22.75." Professionally restored and laid down on rice paper.
This rarely offered chart, while focusing on the West Indies, encompasses most of the Atlantic Ocean as well. [Item No. 2037.] $1,350.00.(Doolittle.) West Indies According to the best Authorities. 1793. From Jedidiah Morse's The American Universal Geography. Boston. 8.25 x 12.25." Very light foxing on this cleaned map.
This is the first Morse map of the West Indies and one of the four first maps of those islands published in America. It portrays the Gulf Coast (which consists of East Florida, West Florida, Louisiana and New Mexico), Central America ("Mexico or New Spain"), the northern edge of South America ("Terra Firma") and the Caribbean Islands. Individual islands are named in the Bahama, Leeward and Windward Island groups. Wheat & Brun 686. [Item No. 2084.] $175.00.(Copley.) Southern Coast/U. States/Sheet VIII. 1844. Blunt, E. & G.W. New York. 26.25 x 41." Bluebacked chart in very good condition with minor spotting confined to the open ocean area at the far left.
Among the many islands depicted on this very detailed chart are New Providence, Eleuthera, Great Exuma and part of Cuba. [Item No. 2039.] SOLD.(Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands Blueback) (Hobbs.) A Chart of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, &c. with Plans of the Principal Harbours and Roadsteads, Chiefly from the Spanish Surveys, by J. S. Hobbs, Hydrographer. London. Published as the Act directs. September 1st, 1846 by Charles Wilson... 1846. London. 26 x 39." Bluebacked chart. Two complete vertical separations and several small tears have been professionally mended. Insect specking and minor soiling. Still, a good copy.
A magnificent and extremely scarce chart of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Six insets including the harbors of San Juan, St. Thomas, Road Harbour and Christiansted. Also four approach views. Includes an interesting "Precautionary Notice respecting the positions of the Virgin Islands," noting the uncertainty of the positions of the Islands and warning that "(a) great number of wrecks have occurred on Anegada Reefs..." All four edges are trimmed with a contemporary patterned fabric adding a distinctive flair to a wonderful chart. [Item No. 2038.] SOLD.
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