Mappa geographica complectens I. India Occidentalis - Antique map

Author: d'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon

Publisher: Homann Heirs

Published: Norimberk

Publishing year: 1740

Central America and Antilles (West Indies)."Mappa geographica complectens I. India Occidentalis ...". Orig. copper-engraving after d'Anville's map of the region. Published by Homann Heirs, ca. 1740. A map of West Indies, Florida and Mexico. With ornamental title-cartouche ("Carte des Isles de l'Amerique et deplusieurs Pays de Terre ferme ... 1731" by d'Anville) and explanatory notes. Above and below this central map are five inset maps; the Isthmus of Panama, St. Augustin in Florida, Vera Cruz, San Domingo and a prospect of Mexico City ("Urbs capitalis Regni Mexicani dicta Mexico"). The ornamental title-cartouche also appears centrally at the top of the page. 58,5:49 cm (23 x 19 1/4 inch.).

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