West Indies Caribbean 1796 Doolittle old engraved map w/ fine hand coloring
West Indies Caribbean 1796 Doolittle old engraved map w/ fine hand coloring West Indies Caribbean 1796 Doolittle old engraved map w/ fine hand coloring West Indies Caribbean 1796 Doolittle old engraved map w/ fine hand coloring West Indies Caribbean 1796 Doolittle old engraved map w/ fine hand coloring West Indies Caribbean 1796 Doolittle old engraved map w/ fine hand coloring
$ 198.00

West Indies from the Best Authorities.

Issued 1796, Boston by Thomas & Andrews, Engraved by Amos Doolittle.

Original antique copper engraved 18th century map, beautiful hand color. Of note for being an early American cartographic production. Note the interior topography of Florida.

Overall clean condition. Left edge of map once trimmed narrow/ slightly inside neat line at the top, left blank margin now extended with old paper and a small amount of black border hand reinstatement where it was shaved away near the top.

A long thin tear from bottom middle extends up into tip of Cuba/ Haiti but is so well mended it is easy to overlook or miss. Original fold lines.

Sheet measures c.7 7/8" H x 13" W. 

Wheat & Brun, Wheat & Brun, Maps Published in America Before 1800, 695.

R36043