Cuba Insula. Hispaniola Insula. Insula Iamaica. Ins. s. Ioannis. I. s. Margareta cum confiniis - Antique map

Author: Mercator, Gerardus

Publisher: Hondius, Henricus

Publishing year: 1630

Antilles (West Indies).Decorative maps of Cuba ("Cuba Insula" with inset plan of Havana in ornamental cartouche - "Havana portus celeberimus totius indiae Occidentalis", 7,5:8 cm), Haiti ("Hispaniola Insula"), Iamaica ("Insula Iamaica"), Puerto Rico ("Ins. s. Ioannis") and Margarita ("I. s. Margareta cum confiniis"). Orig. copper-engraving from Mercator's Atlas published by H. Hondius', 1630. Coloured. Two main maps (Cuba and Haiti) and four insets (Havana, Iamaica, Puerto Rico, Margarita) printed from one plate. With 8 ornamental cartouches, many ships and sea-creatures. 35,5:49,5 cm (14 x 19 1/2 inch.).

Koeman I, Map 9610:1A, Ed. 1:107 (1630 Latin) - 6 maps of the island in Carribean Sea printed from one plate.

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