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La Jamaique aux Anglois dans le Golfe du Mexique a Paris [with on the same sheet] La Bermude aux Anglois
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Two colorful, early maps of British possessions in the Caribbean and the Atlantic on one sheet from le Rouge's Introduction a La Geographie. The upper map depicts Jamaica divided into parishes, with a symbol key to towns, parishes and sugar, cotton, indigo and cacao plantations. The lower map shows Bermuda, also divided into parishes, and with a second, tiny Bermuda ("Bermudos") located offshore, between the title and the main map. This is a holdover from John Speed's Bermuda map of 1627, on which le Rouge based his map. Item Number: GG2094
Cartographer: le Rouge
Place & Date: Paris / 1746
Size: 10 1/2" x 7 3/4" (both maps)
Condition: full wash color; light overall age toning; some spotting, mostly in the magins
Price: SOLD