The Coast of West Florida and Louisiana. / The Peninsula and Gulf of Florida or Channel of Bahama with the Bahama Islands.

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  SKU: 3546

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• ARTIST: Thomas Jefferys

• PUBLISHER: London, printed for Robt. Sayer, Map and printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street.

• MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

  DATE: Feb. 20, 1775.

• EDITION SIZE: Two sheets joined to form one, 18 5/8 x 59 1/4" (47.6 x 123.8 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: A beautiful chart of Florida and the Bahamas that was produced during the last third of the eighteenth century. This map is drawn on a large scale, over four feet across, and is finely engraved and includes detailed coastal information, soundings and historical notes. This map appeared in Thomas Jefferys' "The American Atlas: or A Geographical Description of the Whole Continent of America..."

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition save for some repaired splitting along fold lines. Backed on rice paper. Full hand coloring.

• REFERENCE: Stevens & Tree #26, state b.

• CATEGORIES: Maps