Depot de la Marine
1873

Antique French Chart of the Straits of Florida and Bahamas

Mer des Antilles Carte des Passages au Nord de Cuba.

DESCRIPTION: Attractive antique French navigation chart covers the Strait of Florida, Grand Bahama Bank, Little Bahama Bank, and much of Cuba. Originally released in 1865 this edition was printed with updates in 1873 by France's Depot de la Marine. Includes the Florida Keys, the Tortugas, Great Abaco Island, Grand Bahama Island, Andros Island, and the Bahamian island chain as far south as Great Inagua Island. Named habitations include Tampa, Florida, and Havana, Cuba.

Perhaps the most signifcant feature of the map is the lack of settlements along Florida's east coast. Hydrographic features on the lower east coast include the Indian River, Jupiter Inlet, Biscayne Bay, and Hillsboro Inlet ("Entre de Hillsboro") but the sole settlement is Fort Dallas, established on Key Biscayne by the U.S. Navy in 1836 to prevent trade between the indigenous Seminole Indians and traders from Cuba and the West Indies.

Chart is a lithograph, based on U.S. and Spanish precursor charts, produced in 1873 by France's Depot de Cartes et Plans de la Marine, their official hydrographic agency.

CREATOR: Depot de la Marine

PUBLICATION DATE: 1873

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: Strait of Florida

CONDITION: Good.  A fine impression on a heavy watermarked sheet with some small, unobtrusive repaired worm holes in the map image. Clean. Archivally repaired minor marginal tears outside the image.

COLORING: Original yellow and red hand color marking lighthouses and navigational aids.

ENGRAVER: C.E. Collin

SIZE: 39 " x 29 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 1111

PRICE: $900

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