Martinico, Done from Actual Surveys and Observations, made

by English Engineers whilst the Island was in their Possession by Thomas Jefferys

$1,800 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A striking and richly detailed map of Martinique at the height of its colonial importance. Jefferys’ engraving is both visually compelling and unusually informative, making it one of the most desirable eighteenth-century maps of the French Caribbean. Martinique is presented here under its eighteenth century English name Martinico as both a strategic island and a working colonial economy. The title states that it was made from surveys and observations by English

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