Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

Selection of Rare and Antique Maps recently added to the West Indies and Caribbean category of Geographicus Antique Map Gallery.

1828 Malte-Brun Map of the West Indies (Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico)

This is an attractive example of the 1828 Malte-Brun map of the West Indies. Centered on Santo Domingo (Hispaniola), the map covers from Florida and the Bahamas south through the Caribbean islands of Cuba and Hispaniola south as far as Panama Bay and the Spanish Main and east to the Caribbean Islands or the Lesser Antilles. The Bahamas (Bahama or Lucaya Islands), Honduras, the Panama Bay, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and part of Mexico are also included. This is an attractive example of the 1828 Malte-Brun map of North America. It covers from Baffin Bay (Baffins Bay) to Honduras. This map predates the Mexican American War consequently most of California, New Mexico, and Texas are Spanish Territory. The mythical kingdom of gold, Quivara, a relic of 16th century Conquistador legends, is identified in modern day Oregon. Texas is identified as Tecas. This is an attractive example of the 1828 Malte-Brun map of the Western Hemisphere. It covers North America, South America and most of Polynesia, including New Zealand. The Pacific Coast of the United States is here identified as 'New Albion', a name given to the region by Sir Francis Drake, after he explored it and claimed it for England in 1579. Various, important rivers, islands, cities and other topographical details are noted. This is a fascinating example of the 1862 H. H. Lloyd map of North America. Centered on the United States, covers from the Arctic Ocean to Panama, including Greenland and parts of South American and the West Indies. A tiny inset map in the upper left quadrant depicts the westward extension of the Alaska Peninsula. The maps lower quadrants contain an elevation profile of the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean and another of the lands between latitude 33�43 and 38�01. A fine first state example of J. B. Homann's decorative 1712 map of Mexico, Florida, New England, the West Indies, and the Mississippi Valley (Louisiana). Centered on the Mississippi River Valley, Homann's map covers from Sinaloa (Mexico) eastwards to the Atlantic Coast and from the Great Lakes to the Spanish Main (Venezuela) inclusive of Florida, the West Indies, Central America, and the British Colonies along the Atlantic seaboard. An exceptionally fine example of the 1758 Dutch edition of Jacques N. Bellin's map of St. Lucia (St. Lucie), in the Lesser Antilles, West Indies. Oriented to the east, this map covers the entire island of St. Lucia with topography rendered in profile and color coding according region. A Dutch language title cartouche in the rococo ethic decorates the upper left quadrant. Historically St. A beautiful 1940 Cuban Tourist Commission first English edition panoramic map of Havana, Cuba. The map covers from Rancho Boyeros to San Pedro. Also includes the La Cabana Fortress and the Morro Castle. A key on the right of the map details various places of public interests, including important buildings, churches, beaches, theatres, hotels, hospitals, fortresses, townships, etc. On the verso this map features a list of street names arranged alphabetically. An excellent 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of the West Indies. Like most of Colton's North America maps, this map was derived from an earlier wall map of North America produced by Colton and D. Griffing Johnson. Centered on Santo Domingo (Hispaniola), this map extends north to include the to cover all of Florida, south as far as Panama Bay and the Spanish Main, and east as far as Barbados and the Windward Islands (Antilles). A fine 1729 map of North America by Pieter Van der Aa with an elaborate frame style border. Centered on the Great Lakes, this map covers all of North America from the Baffin Bay to the Spanish Map and from California to the Azores (Acores). The map is color coded according to the dominant colonial powers; the regions of Florida, New Mexico, New Spain (Mexico), California, Nouvelle France, the lands of the Hudson Bay Company, and the British Colonies along the eastern seaboard being identified. A fine map of the Atlantic Ocean drawn by Emmanuel Bowen in 1744. The map covers from the Arctic Ocean to South America and Africa's Slave Coast and from Cuba and Florida eastwards as far As England and Sardinia. Rhumb lines throughout allude to this map originals as a nautical chart. As such it offers little inland detail but copious notations of important ports and harbors along the coast, as well as, at top center, comments regarding the currents, trade winds, and other weather patterns. This is the 1783 Dezauche issue of Phillipe Buache and Guillaume D L'Isle's important map of North America and the West Indies. The map covers the United States, Mexico, New Mexico, Central America and the West Indies or Antilles. De L'Isle first issued this map in 1703. At the time it was by far the most sophisticated map of the region yet produced, an achievement that the map historian Carl Wheat considers 'a towering landmark along the path of Western cartographic development'. One of the most interesting and attractive 19th century wall maps of North America. Published in 1855 by Jacob Monk, this large and beautiful wall map, details much of North America from the southern border of Canada to Central America, the West Indies, and the northwestern parts of South America. Details the United States in full as well as parts of modern day Canada. A fine example of the 1823 F. Lucas Jr.'s map of the West Indies and Caribbean. Centered on Hispaniola, covers from Florida and the Bahamas south through the Caribbean islands of Cuba and Hispaniola to the northern Part of South America and east to the Caribbean Islands or the Lesser Antilles. Includes the Bahamas (Bahama Islands). This map is published as part of the 1823 edition of F. Lucas Jr.'s A General Atlas Containing Distinct Maps Of all the Known Countries in the World . A fine example of Adam and Charles Black's 1840 map of West Indies. Centered on Hispaniola, the map covers the Caribbean from Florida to Venezuela and from Yucatan to the Lesser Antilles and Barbados. It includes the Bahamans, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti and Santo Domingo (Hispaniola), Porto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Leeward and Windward Islands and Trinidad and Tobago. It also shows parts of Guatemala, Venezuela and the Isthmus of Panama. A fine example of the 1789 Dezauche edition of Buache's important map of the West Indies. Centered on Cuba, this massive map covers Central America, the Gulf of Mexico, the West Indies, and the Caribbean from Mexico and Texas to the Lesser Antilles and from Florida to the Spanish Main. Cartographically Buache derived this map from Henry Popple's remarkable 1733 map of North America. As a whole it exhibits numerous significant advances over earlier Buache / De L'Isle model of the region. A finely detailed first edition 1794 map of the West Indies and the Caribbean by Robert Wilkinson. Wilkinson�s map covers the West Indies, from the Mexican Coast to the Windward Islands, inclusive of , the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, Florida, the Spanish Main, the Bahamas, and the Greater Antilles. Each region is color coded to identify its colonial overlord, with Spain in yellow, England in red, and the few French colonies in green. An antique map discovery of the utmost rarity. Ostensibly, this is a fine example of Hermann Moll�s important and highly desirable 1720 Codfish Map, entitled �To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers...� Upon closer inspection however, an entirely different picture emerges � this is in fact the Irish map publisher George Grierson�s 1732 piracy of Moll�s Codfish Map, entitled, �To his Grace Hugh Lord Archbishop��. A fine example of Thomas Cowperthwait and S. A. Mitchell�s 1854 map of West Indies. Covers from Florida and the Bahamas south through the Caribbean islands of Cuba and Hispaniola (Haiti & the Dominican Republic) to the northern Part of South America and east to the Caribbee Islands or the Lesser Antilles. Includes the Bahamas (Bahama Islands). The whole is engraved and colored in Mitchell�s distinctive style with green border work and vivid pastels. This fascinating hand colored 1814 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts the modern West Indies or Caribbean nations of Porto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Divided into two sections, this is a spectacularly detailed map of this regions. Depicts towns and cities, river courses, missions, and topographic details. One of the finest maps of these islands to appear in the 19th century. An extraordinary map, this is Covens and Mortier�s 1708 reissue of De L�Isle�s landmark 1700 mapping of North America. Covers the continent of North America from the Baffin Bay southwards as far as the Spanish Main, westwards to Cape Mendocino, and eastwards to include the Azores and the Sargasso Sea.

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Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

1828 Malte-Brun Map of the West Indies (Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico)