Depot de la Marine
1775

Antique French nautical chart of the eastern Bahamas and the Antilles

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Carte réduite des îles Antilles : au nord du 13me. degré de latitude ; Carte réduite des debouquements de St. Domingue. 1775.

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Two antique French nautical charts of the Bahamas and Antilles islands. Dated to 1775 within both title cartouches and attributed to French Naval Captain Jean Rene-Antoine Verdun De La Crenne (1741-1805), Alexandre Guy Pingre, and Jean-Charles de Borda.

Both copper-plate engraved charts printed in a single impression on one large sheet of heavy wove paper. Soundings and navigational hazards noted on the charts attest to their expected use aboard ships of the French Navy.

Lower chart includes eastern Cuba (including Baracoa); the eastern Bahama islands; the Turks (les iles Turques) and Caicos Islands (Gran de Cayque de Nord); and the northwest portion of the island of Hispaniola (partie de l'Ile de St. Dominque). Within the Bahamas coverage includes part of Long Island, Rum Cay, (Wattelin) San Salvador Island, Crooked Island, Mayaguana, Little Inagua Island, and Inagua Island.

Upper chart of the Lesser Antilles extends from eastern Puerto Rico through the Leeward and Windward Islands. Coverage includes the Virgin Islands with Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas; and the islands of St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, St. Martin, St. Barts, Barbuda, Antigua, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, la Desirade, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, Barbados, and St. Vincent.

CREATOR: Depot de la Marine

PUBLICATION DATE: 1775

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Caribbean

BODY OF WATER: Caribbean Sea

CONDITION: Very Good. Very clean and bright. Good margins and no condition issues. On strong, watermarked paper with a single horizontal fold and prominent platemark.

COLORING: None

ENGRAVER: Petit

SIZE: 20 " x 34 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0

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