St. Christopher's, or St. Kitts, Surveyed

by Anthony Ravell Esquired. Surveyor General of the Islands of St. Christophers, Nevis, & Montferrat by Thomas Jefferys

$1,800 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A desirable example of Jefferys and Ravell’s St. Christopher's/St. Kitts, combining a sophisticated land survey, a nautical chart, and an inset map of Nevis on one imposing copper engraved plate. Its strength lies in the accumulation of practical detail, the parish and plantation structure, the named coastal features, the Basseterre and Narrows soundings, and the rare inclusion of Nevis as both map and maritime profile. The map presents St. Kitts as both a maritime

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