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Malham: Antique Map of the West India Islands, 1797
Malham: Antique Map of the West India Islands, 1797
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  • Title/Content of Map: A Correct Chart of the West India Islands engraved for Malham's Naval Gazetteer
  • Date Printed: 1797
  • Cartographer: Malham, John
  • Size (inches): 9 x 7

    Antique nautical chart showing the east coast of the United States south of Charlestown, South Carolina, the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Bahamas, Hispaniola, the West Indies, Central America, Columbia, and Venezuela south to the mouth of the Orinoco River. This chart has examples of interesting usage of terms that are today known only from history books: 'Spanish Main' for the southern Caribbean Sea; 'Terra Firma' denotes northern Colombia and Venezuela. Key noted cities include Charleston, Savannah, St. Augustine, New Orleans, Havana, Port Royal, Cartagena, Caracas. From the rare first American edition of Malham's Naval Gazetteer, published by Spotswood and Nancrede in Boston in 1797. Early U.S. colonial nautical chart engravings are scarce.

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  • Condition
    Good On chain-laid paper. Slightly and uniformly browned. A few brown spots outside the platemark. Two vertical folds, as issued.
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    Malham: Antique Map of the West India Islands, 1797

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