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Carte de L'Isle de la Martinique Colonie Francoise de l'une des Isles Antilles de l'Amerique.

  • ARTIST: Guillaume De L'Isle

  • PUBLISHER: Published in Amsterdam by Jean Covens and Corneille Mortier.

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: c. 1742.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 18 3/8 x 23 1/2" (467 x 595 mm) plus margins

  • DESCRIPTION: Also credited to Philippe Buache, De l'Isle's son-in-law. A very detailed map of Martinique showing towns, sugar refineries, mills, roads, rivers, anchorages for large and small vessels, mountains, and forests.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition save for some very pale spotting at left.. Original hand coloring.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps