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West Indies.

  • ARTIST: John Payne

  • PUBLISHER: Published by J. Low, New York.

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: 1799

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 7 1/8 x 12 1/4" (182 x 312 mm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: A fine late 18th-century American-produced map from A New & Complete System of Universal Geography, also known as Payne's Universal Geography, depicting the entirety of the Caribbean and West Indies.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in an 8.5 x 13.5 inch archival mylar for handling.

  • CONDITION: Good condition, with a tiny hole in the ocean just above the Bahamas and some fraying with minor paper loss along the top margin. Black and white.

  • REFERENCE: Wheat and Brun #700.

  • CATEGORIES: Maps