ARTIST: Jean Lattre
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving.
DATE: 1779
EDITION SIZE: 17 1/8 x 23 1/4 (435 x 591 mm) plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: A fine engraved map of the island of Grenada. Lattre based this map on Thomas Jeffreys map that appeared in "The West Indian Atlas" This particular version was re-engraved and issued by the French cartographer Jean Lattre. Noted on the map are place names, anchorage's, rivers hills and roads. A printed description of the island in the lower left. An unusual and scarce map.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition. Original outline hand coloring.
REFERENCE: Map Collectors Circle, No. 62., "The Printed maps of Dominica and Grenada." #31.